Achieving tenure and promotion is an integral process to becoming a member of the academy's community. Tenure provides job security, ensures academic freedom, and protects faculty from institutional threats. As newcomers in the academy, women and minorities face challenges not previously encountered by their white male peers. Research indicates that in addition to scholarly, pedagogical, political, and personal issues, the tenure process for women and minorities also includes issues of gender and race. This paper provides women and minority faculty on the tenure track at research universities with practical strategies intended to facilitate their tenure and promotion process. The strategies focus on the three areas used in tenure and promotion decisions: research, teaching, and service.