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At LSU, Boyd created the LSU Law Center and the Department of Education. He reorganized departments into colleges and supported agricultural programs. He arranged for permanent university funding through taxation. In 1904, he opened LSU to women. To encourage professional educators and based on his experiences at Northwestern State University, he organized teacher training institutes. He worked for successful passage of legislation guaranteeing public schools a stream of state funding.<ref name=bio/>

At LSU, Boyd created the LSU Law Center and the Department of Education. He reorganized departments into colleges and supported agricultural programs. He arranged for permanent university funding through taxation. In 1904, he opened LSU to women. To encourage professional educators and based on his experiences at Northwestern State University, he organized teacher training institutes. He worked for successful passage of legislation guaranteeing public schools a stream of state funding.<ref name=bio/>

Boyd was a founder of the Louisiana Chautauqua, an educational lecture series, also supported by such figures as the historian [[Henry E. Chambers]] and [[John Keeny]], the early 20th century  president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. From 1919 to 1920, Boyd was the president of the National Association of State Universities. From 1921 to 1922, he headed the National Association of Land Grant Colleges. He was an organizer of the Louisiana Education Association. Boyd received an honorary degree from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=bio/>

Boyd was a founder of the Louisiana Chautauqua, an educational lecture series, also supported by such figures as the historian [[Henry E. Chambers]] and [[J. S. Keeny]], the early 20th century  president of [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]. From 1919 to 1920, Boyd was the president of the National Association of State Universities. From 1921 to 1922, he headed the National Association of Land Grant Colleges. He was an organizer of the Louisiana Education Association. Boyd received an honorary degree from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]].<ref name=bio/>

Boyd's time as LSU president paralleled the peak of the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] of the Lost Cause of the[[Confederate States of America|Confederacy. Boyd's older brother, David French Boyd, was a Confederate officer who had served on the original LSU faculty when the school was based in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana and under the first LSU president and subsequent [[Union Army]] [[General]] [[William Tecumseh Sherman]]. David Boyd was the first LSU president at the time his brother Thomas began his own long-term association with the institution.

Boyd's time as LSU president paralleled the peak of the post-[[American Civil War|Civil War]] of the Lost Cause of the[[Confederate States of America|Confederacy. Boyd's older brother, David French Boyd, was a Confederate officer who had served on the original LSU faculty when the school was based in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana and under the first LSU president and subsequent [[Union Army]] [[General]] [[William Tecumseh Sherman]]. David Boyd was the first LSU president at the time his brother Thomas began his own long-term association with the institution.