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Investing in Faculty
We must attract the very best faculty members to our ranks. Our professors arrive on campus from the top graduate programs in the country, with deep devotion to teaching and scholarship. They are also mentors, coaches and guides, working with students individually and in small classes. In turn, students look to professors for guidance—not only in academics, but on matters affecting the rest of their lives.
We must work to strengthen further that powerful bond. The College is approaching its goal of adding 25 faculty positions, and has already succeeded in lowering our student-faculty ratio to 11:1. This investment has allowed us to reduce teaching loads, making it easier to recruit top young faculty, and leaving more time for professors to be available to students outside of the classroom.
Still, we face increasing challenges in retaining outstanding teachers, many of whom weigh significant offers from other elite institutions. To ensure competitiveness in the academic marketplace and to appeal to top professors, we must invest more aggressively in faculty and meet the challenge of intense competition in recruiting and retaining talent. This means more competitive compensation and better support for library acquisitions and journals, equipment, travel and other scholarly activities.