Dear FAS Ladder Colleagues,
On Saturday, Provost Strobel wrote to inform you of a university-wide policy whereby “Yale will grant to tenure-track faculty (except those whose dossiers for review have already been submitted) a one-year extension to their current appointment.” We recognize that this leaves unanswered a number of questions about implementation in the FAS, and that you are eager for answers about how this policy will apply in your particular case.
Over the coming days, we will be reaching out to you with additional clarification. Our first priority will be to communicate policies for those faculty whose dossier was due for submission during Spring 2020, for review during academic year 2020-21. We will write to these faculty no later than next Monday with details about next steps.
For those faculty whose tenure or promotion review is currently scheduled for 2021-22 or later, we will aim to provide a comprehensive set of instructions no later than April 15.
We are grateful for your patience at this challenging time, and eager to support you in your work going forward.
With thanks,
Tamar Gendler, on behalf of the FAS Leadership team
Tamar Szabó Gendler
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy
Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science