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The Faculty of Arts and Sciences' (FAS) once-tenuous finances are now overflowing with Capital Campaign money, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles wrote in his annual letter to the Faculty, released yesterday.
The tone of Knowles' letter was predominantly upbeat. With the $965 million goal for FAS' portion of the University's five-year Capital Campaign more than 90 percent met, Knowles spent less ink on the dire financial straits of FAS than in past years.
The number of tenured Faculty has jumped from 384 to 432 in the last 11 years, Knowles wrote, while non-tenured positions have decreased from 224 to 171 in the same time period.
In some departments, senior Faculty members make up 70 percent of the staff--a ratio which, in an interview yesterday, Knowles said concerns him.
"It means we are either not providing opportunities for young people starting academics, or perhaps losing vibrancy," Knowles said. "A healthy department needs a healthy mix of colleagues from different career stages, methodological approaches and academic interests."