Your mandate1) Please read the attached article that sparked the controversy at the university (pages 1-7 are sufficient): “Equal but Inequitable: Who Benefits from Gender-Neutral Tenure Clock Stopping Policies?” (Antecol, H., Bedard, K. and Stearns, J., 2018, American Economic Review)2) Based on the article and an additional two sources of your choice that support your chosen argument, you are asked to write a memo to the university community explaining what your decision is. Your memo to the university community should include the following:6a) Summary of the current state of knowledge on the topic based on your research as a busy generalist (2 pages). Your analysis of the issue should consider the various recommendations mentioned above and address potential advantages and drawbacks for each one. You should also compare Duke’s tenure clock- stopping policy with policies adopted by other large organizations, though you may wish to note the differences between professors and the typical private- sector worker. As mentioned above, in addition to the academic article that sparked the controversy at the university, you are required to draw on two supplementary main sources to build your argumentation. Your two sources must be relevant to the topic at hand, but can discuss it in a different context (i.e., other types of professional workplaces). Your sources should not be pure opinion pieces; they should rely on empirical data and come from trustworthy media outlets or academic journals. You are a busy business professional, so reading the abstract of academic papers, the introduction, and the conclusion should be sufficient.b) Based on your summary, state your recommendation regarding the tenure clock- stopping policy as well as detailed implementation steps. Explain your choice while specifying the different factors that influenced your decision (1 page). Please consider both the fairness of the policy on paper versus its actual outcome. In crafting your recommendation, please also consider how faculty members work and how universities operate. For example, enforcing a “ban” on all research activities for the year the tenure clock is stopped is not feasible. Remember, you must state a clear and unequivocal decision, because you are the one to make the7final call on the subject. Please do not call for further research or a pilot experiment. You were appointed to this position because people thought your business experience would be an asset to taking decisive action.Total Memo length: 3 pages, font size 12, double spaced, Times New Roman font, 1 inch margins. Points will be taken off if these guidelines are not respected. Choosing the most compelling arguments and explaining them in a clear and concise way is part of the assignment.Sources: Please attach to the memo submission both sources of data you built on (in full, PDF format) and highlight relevant passages you are using to support your claims. You can absolutely use additional sources on top of the 2 main sources we ask you to highlight and attach. You should number citations or references consecutively according to the first mention of each source in the text (using the same number for subsequent references to the same source) so that we always know where a number or statement came from.
