As a first step in understanding whether computing faculty are receiving the support necessary for them to achieve promotion and tenure at U.S. and Canadian institutions, we address the question of what requirements exist at such institutions. Via a survey created and sent to approximately 7500 computing faculty at the 256 institutions that participate in the annual Taulbee Survey, we examined characteristics of and differences in promotion and tenure requirements at U.S. and Canadian institutions. Our results identify several hidden tenure and promotion requirements that can be important for computing faculty to know.

Our results also show significant differences in requirements for the number of publications, venue ranking and scope, refereed conferences and non-refereed journals, and collaborative publications and grants across various types of institutions. This work provides a basis for further study of whether faculty receive support congruent with their promotion and tenure requirements and allows computing administrators and faculty to compare institutional requirements to requirements in the broader community.