Promotion & Tenure

As noted from PS 36, the university seeks to employ and maintain faculty with superior qualifications to advance its mission and to nurture and support the work of those faculty members. The decision to award tenure is of distinguished and central importance. The university will do so only through a rigorous, careful process of examination and deliberation. Accordingly, the decision to tenure entails the presumption of professional excellence. It implies the expectation of an academic career that will develop and grow in quality and value, and one that will be substantially self-supervised and self-directed.

Updated: Aug. 26, 2024

Promotion/Tenure Recommendations 2024-25

Action Regular Cycle Date (effective fall 2025) Mid-year Cycle Date (effective spring 2026)
P&T Applications launch in Elements August 26, 2024 January 13, 2025
Last day for meetings between
candidates and deans to occur
November 8, 2024 March 28, 2025
Recommendations due to Academic Affairs in Elements November 15, 2024 April 4, 2025
Forwarded for Graduate Council review December 13, 2024 April 25, 2025
Returned to Academic Affairs
from Graduate Council
February 14, 2025 May 16, 2025
Sent to Vice Provosts, and Vice Presidents for review February 21, 2025 May 23, 2025
Collective review by Vice Provosts, and Vice President for Research & Economic Development March 14, 2025 June 13, 2025
Collective review by Provost, Vice Provosts, and Vice President for Research & Economic Development March 28, 2025 June 27, 2025
Final review by President and Provost April 11, 2025 July 11, 2025
Notification letters sent to colleges May 1, 2025 August 1, 2025

 

For questions regarding the promotion and tenure process, please contact Mallory Danzy (mallorydare@lsu.edu).

Distinguished/Senior Instructor Recommendations 2024-2025

Action Deadline
List of candidates to Academic Affairs to check eligibility (to Mallory Danzy at mallorydare@lsu.edu) November 1, 2024
Candidate reviews to be completed by Department and College March 28, 2025
List of faculty approved for advanced working titles due to Academic Affairs (to Mallory Danzy at mallorydare@lsu.edu)   April 4, 2025
Faculty will be notified by their college April 11, 2025

 

Extension of the Tenure Clock

In the course of a faculty member’s time in rank, the University may grant a temporary departure from the tenure-track, commonly called “Stopping the Tenure Clock.” 

TENURE CLOCK EXTENSION