Despite promises to replace Presidential faculty members who retire, Temple has cut back hiring drastically. Presidential faculty have the long-term commitment, dedication, and academic freedom to provide the highest quality of instruction and scholarship. That is, the faculty must be the primary determiners of quality in the fulfillment of our educational mission. Because faculty members must know their subject areas and the best pedagogical techniques for student learning, they must help define appropriate class sizes and teaching capacities of their programs. Quality teaching by part-timers and graduate teaching assistants requires professional pay, access to office space, and supplies.
All faculty have to be included in academic processes.
The administration should support training in effective teaching for new faculty, mentoring of junior faculty by senior faculty, and continuing professional development opportunities for all faculty. Temple s programs of research, scholarship, and creative activity must be maintained and strengthened. This requires Temple to invest heavily in its own facilities for research, from libraries to laboratories, and in its faculty. Faculty must have adequate time to expand knowledge as well as to teach it. Good teaching always draws on new scholarship.