The Priorities
Priority: Faculty
Goal: $623 million (18%)
They produce groundbreaking
research. They teach and mentor graduate and professional students, and they
inspire and prepare undergraduates to take on the challenges of their respective
fields. They contribute to social progress, and they deepen our understanding of
every dimension of the human experience. They are Penn faculty, and, very
simply, they are the foundation of Penn’s academic
enterprise.
Recruiting and retaining superb
faculty members, particularly in a highly competitive market, require the
resources and distinction that can only be provided through professorships,
endowed and term. This is especially so with Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK)
Professors — eminent faculty, distinguished by their interdisciplinary
scholarship and academic style — who are key to President Gutmann’s vision to
integrate knowledge across schools and disciplines.
Penn’s endowment currently funds
only 11% of the salaries of standing faculty members. Making History will change that and
substantially strengthen the University’s ability to attract and retain
world-class scholars and teachers.
Learn more about Penn Integrates Knowledge Professors > (PDF, from PENNews Fall 2007)
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