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 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