Attract and Retain, Support and Develop Excellent Faculty Students are the lifeblood of a university.
Faculty are the heart and soul.
The College supports the University goal of attracting, nurturing, and retaining excellent faculty. The last ten years have been particularly fruitful. A goal of the College is to attract excellent faculty. As Figure 4 below shows, the number of faculty has increased by 30 from 108 in 1988 to 138 in 1996. Departments which hired faculty reported the hiring of excellent faculty from strong applicant pools.