been saying this for months, but especially as the pandemic stretches on without a real end in sight... #GoodEnoughPhD is a convo universities neeeeed to be having. https://twitter.com/H_Wohl/status/1301223369795424256">https://twitter.com/H_Wohl/st...

bc I& #39;m a grad student, I was coming at it from that angle — that with library & archive access dramatically restricted, travel on hold, fieldwork hanging in the balance, we need to think diff about what dissertations look like. but the same is true for TT fac & tenure, I think.

the response I heard in the spring is that there& #39;s no clear way to recalibrate tenure expectations, whereas tenure clock extensions are clear-cut. but they& #39;re also (clearly!!) totally insufficient to address the ongoing challenges faculty are facing!

as with so much, I think we could& #39;ve saved a lot of pain if we& #39;d been willing, earlier, to accept that this was going to be an extended disruption to our standard operating procedure, and had planned accordingly. instead we& #39;re just...still expecting people to plow through? yikes.

I get that this isn& #39;t an easy convo, it& #39;s likely to be messy AF, and everyone is already overextended. but I honestly think figuring out a way to recalibrate expectations is a more equitable + sustainable path forward than clock extensions. https://twitter.com/polumechanos/status/1240996031027961857?s=20">https://twitter.com/polumecha...