Promotion and Tenure

 

Tenure-Line Policies, FAQs, and Guidelines

University Policy AC23 (formerly HR23): Promotion and Tenure Procedures and Regulations

2023-2024 Administrative Guidelines for Policy AC23 (formerly HR23): Promotion and Tenure Procedures and Regulations (Updated July 3, 2023) – DOCX  PDF

2023-2024 Promotion and Tenure FAQs – DOCX  PDF

2023-2024 Summary of Revisions to the Administrative Guidelines and FAQs for Policy AC23 – DOCX  PDF

Promotion and Tenure forms and dossier dividers

2023-2024 Guidelines for Immediate Tenure Reviews – DOCX  PDF

Guidance for Administrators and Members of P&T Committees – DOCX  PDF

2023-2024 Guidelines for Staying of the Provisional Tenure Period – DOCX  PDF

Early Tenure Review Guidelines

University Policy ACG17 (formerly HCG17): Requests for Reduction of Prior Tenure Credit

Guidelines for Sharing Elements of the Dossier Following Formal Reviews for Tenure-Line Faculty – DOCX  PDF

Standard Practice for Tenure-Line Faculty Members Seeking to Change Lines or Tenure Home – DOCX   PDF

 

Non-Tenure-Line Faculty Policies and Guidelines

University Policy AC21 (formerly HR21): Definition of Academic Ranks

2023-2024 Non-Tenure-Line Administrative Guidelines – DOCX  PDF

 

Activity Insight

Activity Insight is an online software tool designed to help faculty members collect, organize, and display their data for the purposes of annual reviews, promotion and tenure, and more.

Activity Insight at Penn State

Executive Summary: Activity Insight (Updated April 26, 2021) – PDF

 

COVID-Related Guidance

Considerations for Non-Tenure Line Promotions in the Time of COVID-19 (Updated June 30, 2022) – DOCX  PDF

For tenure-line faculty in their probationary period in Calendar Year 2020:

  • Guidance regarding a one-year extension due to COVID-19 – DOCX  PDF 
  • FAQs Pertaining to the Guidance (Updated July 1, 2022) –  DOCX  PDF
  • COVID-19 extension fact sheet – PDF (December 2023); PDF (June 2022)
  • Relinquishing the COVID Extension – DOCX  PDF

Guidance for Promotion and Tenure Narratives  – DOCX  PDF

 

Committees and Committee Documents

2023-2024 Immediate Tenure Review Committee – DOCX  PDF

2023-2024 University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee – DOCX  PDF

2023-2024 Recommended Charge to Promotion and Tenure Committees – DOCX  PDF

Standing Joint Committee on Tenure

 

News

Penn State announces promotions in academic rank for tenured and tenure-line faculty effective July 1, 2023

Penn State announces nontenure-line faculty promotions, effective July 1, 2023

Schedule announced for 2022-23 Promotion and Tenure Workshop Series

 

Workshops, Presentations, and Reports


Faculty Promotion Reports

Tenure Flow Annual Reports – This report presents data regarding rates at which provisionally appointed faculty members achieve tenure.

2023 Report – 2015-16 entering cohort
2022 Report – 2014-15 entering cohort
2021 Report – 2011-12, 2012-13, and 2013-14 entering cohorts

Non-Tenure-Line Promotion Reports – Because non-tenure-line faculty are not hired in a “cohort” like tenure-line faculty, this report presents a snapshot of promotions that took place in a particular academic year. For example, the promotion report published in 2021 discusses promotions that took place during the 2019-2020 academic year.

2022 Report
2021 Report
2020 Report


Workshops

2021 Promotion & Tenure Workshop: Presentation (PPTX and PDF) and Kaltura Recording

Assessment of Teaching Office Hour (October 12, 2021) – Kaltura Recording