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Although Spence's letter did not include specific fundraising goals, sources have estimated FAS's target at $1 to $1.5 billion. FAS's last campaign, which corresponded with the College's 350th anniversary in 1986, netted more than $350 million...
Spence proposed the gradual establishment of 40new non-science professorships; the FAS currentlyhas about 800 members, many of whom are in thesciences. Depending on how many are tenuredpositions, the price tag could fall anywherebetween $40 and $90 million, according to afundraising source...
Spence tentatively proposed 25 to 30 newteaching positions in the sciences. Againdepending on the breakdown between junior andsenior positions, the cost could be between $25and $67 million...
According to data provided by the new organization, U.S. schools will have to hire 1.5 million new teachers between 1988 and 1997, while facing the loss of up to 900,000 of the nation's 2.3 million teachers to retirement by the year...
Corporate sponsors including Apple Computer, Inc., Merck, Mobil Oil, Morgan Stanley, Xerox Corporation, Prudential and Union Carbide Corporation are backing Teach for America. Start-up costs for the teaching group will reach $2 million in its first year, the group stated...