Santa Clara University

Aware that family responsibilities can significantly impinge on the time and energy faculty have to devote to their professional responsibilities, the University has developed a tenure clock extension policy for tenure-track faculty. This policy provides an automatic extension for faculty who experience the birth or adoption of a child or the death of the faculty member’s spouse, registered domestic partner, or child. In addition, a one-year extension of the probationary period may be granted for other circumstances that significantly impede progress toward tenure. For more information, please review Section 3.4 of the Faculty Handbook and complete the Tenure Clock Extension Form, available at

http://www.scu.edu/provost/policies/upload/Tenure-Clock-Extension-Form.pdf.