11/2/2020 COVID-19 Tenure and Appointment Clock Extension Policy Published on Faculty Handbook (https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu (https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu)) Home (/) > Faculty Handbook (/index) > COVID-19 Tenure and Appointment Clock Extension Policy COVID-19 Tenure and Appointment Clock Extension Policy REVISED October 31, 2020 In recognition of the serious academic and personal challenges posed by the Covid-19 viral pandemic, a faculty member holding a tenure-accruing appointment is entitled to a one-year extension of the date (under the seven-year tenure clock) on which tenure would be conferred. This extension will normally have the effect of postponing for a year the initiation of the tenure review process. The Covid-19 Tenure Clock Extension, though it extends the seven-year tenure clock deadline, does not extend the ten-year appointment clock deadline except through an exception granted by the Provost for extraordinary personal or institutional circumstances. The Covid-19 Tenure Clock Extension is available to faculty members holding a tenure-accruing appointment with the exception of those currently in a terminal year appointment or those whose tenure-conferring promotion or reappointment process commenced prior to January 1, 2020, since the work to be evaluated was done prior to the current pandemic. Teaching relief is not associated with this extension. Effective October 1, 2020, this tenure clock extension will be automatically granted to eligible University Tenure Line junior faculty members (as defined above) whose faculty appointments at Stanford will begin prior by December 31, 2021. The extension is not available for faculty members whose tenure-conferring promotion or reappointment process has already commenced (with commencement defined as the date the department chair or school dean informs the candidate in writing that the review process has begun). Under this policy, one-year extensions of appointment for faculty holding fixed-term, renewable appointments at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Non-Tenure Line (Research) will similarly be made automatic effective October 1, 2020. Also, eligible Medical Center Line Assistant Professors in their initial appointment term will automatically have their initial term extended by a year. As the standard Medical Center Line Assistant Professor duration in rank is already 10 years, an extension will not be available for those already in their second term. https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu/print/166 1/2 11/2/2020 COVID-19 Tenure and Appointment Clock Extension Policy As with the above tenure clock extension, appointment extensions in the Non-Tenure Line (Research) and Medical Center Line will be granted for those whose promotion or reappointment process has not yet formally commenced. Opt-Out A faculty member wishing to opt out of the automatic extension should fill out and attach Appendix I – Covid-19 Extension Opt-Out Request Form (https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj9611/f/covid-19_clock_extension.pdf) [1] – and submit it via email to their Chair (see accompanying FAQ (https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu/covid-19-health-emergency-tenureappointment-clock- extension-faq-revised-10120) [2] for further details/instructions). Eligible faculty members may not opt out: (for those in the UTL) once their tenure-conferring promotion or reappointment has officially commenced; (for those in the NTLR) once the process for promotion to Associate Professor (Research) has officially commenced; and (for those in the MCL) once the reappointment process to a second term has officially commenced. The Covid-19 tenure clock extension and appointment extensions for other lines mentioned above anticipate that the disruptions caused by the viral pandemic are likely continue well into next year; while no additional extensions are currently anticipated, the University is monitoring the situation closely and will respond accordingly. Source URL (modified on Nov 2 2020 - 09:38): https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu/covid-19- tenure-and-appointment-clock-extension-policy Links [1] https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu/sites/g/files/sbiybj9611/f/covid-19_clock_extension.pdf [2] https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu/covid-19-health-emergency-tenureappointment-clock- extension-faq-revised-10120 https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu/print/166 2/2 5/28/2020 1. The University Published on Faculty Handbook (https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu (https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu)) Home (/) > Faculty Handbook (/index) > 1. The University 1. The University Last updated on: Thursday, May 28, 2020 Jump to: 1.1 Founding of the University and History of Academic Development (/print/76#1.1) 1.2 University Governance (/print/76#1.2) 1.1 Founding of the University and History of Academic Development 1.1.1 The Founders Formerly Known As Policy Number: 1.1.A Leland Stanford Junior University was founded by Leland and Jane Stanford in 1885 in memory of their only son, Leland Junior, who died of typhoid fever in Florence, Italy in 1884 just before his 16th birthday. His parents had come to California in 1852 and, although Mr. Stanford was trained as a lawyer, he entered the mercantile business with his brothers in the gold fields. They established large scale operations in Sacramento where Mr. Stanford became a leader in business and politics. He was one of the “Big Four” who built the western link of the first transcontinental railroad and was elected Governor of California and later United States Senator. Senator Stanford procured the passage by the California legislature on March 9, 1885 of an enabling act under which a University, or Universities, might be founded, endowed, and maintained in California through an ordinary deed of trust. Senator and Mrs. Stanford executed such a deed of trust on November 11, 1885, founding Stanford University. This document, known as The Founding Grant, conveyed to the 24 original trustees the Palo Alto Farm and other properties, directed that a University be established on the farm, and outlined the objectives and government of the University. Thus, the 8,800 acre campus and approximately $20,000,000 formed the original endowment. Along with Johns Hopkins and Cornell —also founded in the 19th Century—Stanford University was in the vanguard of American universities patterned on the German model, which stressed research and the freedom to learn and teach. In addition to the traditional liberal arts education, all three provided scientific, technological, and professional training. https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu/print/76 1/16 5/28/2020 1. The University The objectives of the University as stated in The Founding Grant were “to qualify students for personal success and direct usefulness in life; and to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence in behalf of humanity and civilization, teaching the blessings of liberty regulated by law, and inculcating love and reverence for the great principles of government....” The Founding Grant also called for “a University of high degree,” offering “studies and exercises directed to the cultivation and enlargement of the mind.” In a letter to David Starr Jordan, the first president of the University, setting forth his educational ideals, Senator Stanford cited the need for instruction in the sciences, mathematics, law, and “general education” if the student was to qualify for “usefulness in life.” But Senator Stanford also attached great importance to the study of literature, music, and art. “The imagination needs to be cultivated and developed to assure success in life,” he wrote. The University opened its doors October 1, 1891. Senator Stanford died within two years, and the University was plunged into severe financial jeopardy because of the complicated nature of his estate and a government suit involving railroad holdings. Only the determination and sacrifices of Mrs. Stanford, President Jordan, and the faculty kept classes going. The estate was cleared after, in Jordan’s words, “six pretty long years.” The Founding Grant reserved to the Founders the right to amend the Grant, and Mrs. Stanford, in the years following her husband’s death made several amendments in the form of addresses to the Board of Trustees. These covered such points as the non-sectarian, non-partisan nature of the University, the powers of the President, the duties of the Trustees, financial management, housing on campus, gifts from others than the Founders, summer schools, research, and tuition. Mrs. Stanford died in 1905 and thus was spared a second crisis when the 1906 earthquake caused more than $2,000,000 in damage to campus buildings. Fortunately, this, too, proved to be only a temporary setback for the University. The Founding Grant has been published along with the text of the original deed of trust and other legal texts pertaining to the founding of Stanford University. Copies are widely available. Additional information concerning the history of the University is in the University Archives in Green Library. (/print/76#1)BACK TO TOP (/print/76#1) 1.1.2 The Presidents Formerly Known As Policy Number: 1.1.B David Starr Jordan, a world-famed ichthyologist, was 40 years old when he was selected in 1891 by Senator and Mrs. Stanford to be the first president. He served until 1913 and thereafter was Chancellor and Chancellor Emeritus until his death in 1931. John Casper Branner, Professor of Geology and Vice President of the University, served as President from 1913 until his retirement in 1915. Ray Lyman Wilbur, member of the Stanford class of 1896, was elected third President in 1915 after a medical career in practice and as Dean of the Stanford Medical School. He retired in 1942 and then was Chancellor until his death in 1949. https://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu/print/76 2/16 5/28/2020 1. The University Donald Bertrand Tresidder’s time as fourth President was cut short by his death in 1948. Holder of Stanford A.B. and M.D. degrees, he had served as a University trustee. J. E. Wallace Sterling, holder of a Stanford Ph.D. in History, was installed as Stanford’s fifth President in 1949.