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INCREASING ACCESS We must make an excellent Penn education available to all outstanding students
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of talent and high potential who can benefit from and contribute to our University. In a democracy and at great universities, diversity and excellence go together. To keep them together, we must significantly boost scholarship aid to make Penn even more affordable to exceptional students from all backgrounds. I N T E G R AT I N G K N O W L E D G E The most challenging questions and problems of our time cannot be addressed by one discipline or profession. To comprehend our complex world, we must better integrate knowledge from different disciplines and professional perspectives in our research and teaching. Beginning with the recruitment of eminent scholars who will hold joint appointments in two schools and departments, Penn will
The Penn Compact, launched at the inauguration of President Amy Gutmann
achieve a truly successful partnership between arts and sciences and our profes-
in October 2004, expresses the Penn community’s aspiration to move “From
sional schools that will benefit our students, our society, and our world.
Excellence to Eminence.” The Compact focuses fresh attention on making a Penn education affordable for all outstanding students of talent and high potential, while reaffirming the importance of providing a rich and welcoming educational environment for all students.
Low- and middle-income students are underrepresented in enrollment at most of the nation’s highly selective colleges and universities, including Penn. President Gutmann is at the forefront of the national debate to urge that private colleges and universities pay more attention to the need to attract a student body as diverse in class background as it is in geography, gender, race, and religion.
E N G A G I N G L O C A L LY A N D G L O B A L LY Through our collaborative engagement with communities all over the world, Penn is poised to advance the central values of democracy: life, liberty, opportunity, and mutual respect. As we prepare to expand Penn’s campus to the east, we strengthen our ties with our neighbors and help drive economic and technological development throughout the City and Commonwealth. At the same time, we will share the fruits of our integrated knowledge wherever there is an opportunity for our students, faculty, and alumni to serve and to learn. I invite every member of our extended Penn family and friends to unite behind the Penn Compact and contribute to our bold vision for moving our great University forward. AMY GUTMANN
President, University of Pennsylvania
> 140 new scholarship funds in 2005
Penn is one of the few private American universities
> Easing the burden
measures to ease the burden on low- and middle-
that no one is denied admission based on financial
income undergraduate scholarship students and
aid requirements.
their families. Outside scholarships now supplealso increased the incidental expenses allowance
Penn undergraduates, need-based grants make the
and reduced expected summer savings for students
crucial difference in their ability to attend Penn. In
with the greatest need.
BOTTOM LEFT Bernard Segal Memorial Scholarship recipient Joyce Pulphus MIDDLE Frank L. Coulson Jr. Endowed Scholarship recipient William Chin
While some private colleges and universities are
a record 140 new named funds. University Trustees
able to fund significant proportions of financial
and other donors have established challenge funds
aid through their endowments, Penn’s endowment
to encourage new scholarships.
currently can cover only 13% of its student aid
Penn bolstered its commitment to affordability
Nancy Ryan & Ryan’s Way Endowed Scholar Angela Lee
TOP LEFT
ment rather than replace Penn-funded aid. Penn
individualized financial aid package. For 40% of
2005 a heightened focus on financial aid produced
> Preparing for a 5-year fundraising campaign
In the past year Penn instituted a series of
that maintains a “need-blind” admission policy so
Every admitted student with need is offered an
on scholarship students
BELOW Association of Latino Alumni Endowed Scholarship recipient Arlene Fernandez
budget. In 2007 Penn will launch a major endow-
by replacing loans with grants for economically
ment campaign to help fulfill the University’s
disadvantaged students whose families earn
commitment to make financial aid ever more
$50,000 or less. By making a Penn education
effective. A $14 million gift from Trustee George
even more accessible, this policy will afford more
Weiss gave Penn’s financial aid effort a dramatic
talented, high-achieving students greater freedom
boost in anticipation of the campaign.
to chart their educational and career paths. P E N N C O M PA C T
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PENN ADDING UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS PENN BOLSTERED ITS COMMITMENT TO AFFORDABILITY BY REPLACING LOANS WITH GRANTS F O R E C O N O M I C A L LY D I S A D VA N TA G E D S T U D E N T S W H O S E FA M I L I E S E A R N $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 O R L E S S
> Raising graduate student stipends > Increasing support
for students with dependents > Encouraging greater diversity
PENN ENHANCING
THE GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENT EXPERIENCE
OVER THE 2005 AND 2006 ACADEMIC YEARS, PENN RAISED THE MINIMUM ANNUAL STIPEND FOR D O C T O R A L S T U D E N T S B Y A T O TA L O F 1 4 % T O $ 1 8 , 0 0 0
Penn’s outstanding graduate and professional students collaborate with Penn faculty at the highest levels of research and teaching. Supporting the next generation of scholars is a sound investment in the future of higher education. Over the 2005 and 2006 academic years, Penn
and professional students successfully navigate
raised the minimum annual stipend for doctoral
these waters and is exploring ways to make Penn
students by a total of 14% to $18,000. Penn also
more family-friendly.
funded a set of summer stipends of approximately
Penn is committed to recruiting more men and
$3,900 each to entering Ph.D. students in the
women of color into the pipeline to become tomor-
humanities and social sciences. New “prize” fellow-
row’s scholars. Two programs actively encourage
ships will provide additional funding for our very
diversity within Penn’s graduate student body.
top recruits—which strengthens Penn’s ability to
The McNair Scholars Program, funded by the U.S.
compete for the best students.
Department of Education, is designed for graduate
Many graduate students find themselves prepar-
school-bound first-generation college/income-
ing for careers in academe at the same time that
eligible students, as well as for students from groups
they are starting families. Penn is helping graduate
that have traditionally been underrepresented at the doctoral level. The Fontaine Society, named for Penn’s first African-American professor Dr. William Fontaine, enables graduate students from diverse backgrounds to receive full five-year fellowships.
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G R A D U AT E A N D P R O F E S S I O N A L S T U D E N T E X P E R I E N C E
> Boosting racial, ethnic, and socio-economic diversity
> Welcoming and
supporting minority students
> Recruiting students from urban public high schools
CREATING A
MORE DIVERSE T H R E E I M P O R TA N T E N D S O F H I G H E R E D U C AT I O N : E Q U A L I Z I N G O P P O R T U N I T Y, E N R I C H I N G T H E E D U C AT I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E O F A L L S T U D E N T S , A N D E D U C AT I N G L E A D E R S F O R A L L S E C T O R S O F S O C I E T Y
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DIVERSE COMMUNITY
PENN COMMUNITY
In a democracy and at great universities, diversity
hailing from 75 other countries. Nearly 38% of
Cultural Center, Penn Women’s Center, and
represented minorities, that a Penn education is
and excellence go together. Penn values diversity
these students are people of color.
the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center.
accessible to them. Reaching out to Philadelphia
Penn recognizes that a diverse and open campus
Together with various service and governmental
area students, a pre-college Young Scholars pro-
diversity is a means to three important ends of
invites dialogue, encourages understanding, inspires
organizations, these centers coordinate a plethora
gram enables academically exceptional Philadelphia
higher education: equalizing opportunity, enrich-
creative thinking, and fully prepares all members of
of mentoring, cultural, and issues-based programs
public school juniors and seniors to take courses
ing the educational experience of all students, and
society for leadership in the global marketplace.
that help all Penn students learn valuable lessons
with Penn students at no cost. The entering class
about diversity outside the classroom.
of 2009 includes a record number of students
not because it is an end in itself, but rather because
educating leaders for all sectors of society. We are proud that the proportion of international
Seven campus resource centers offer community support to our diverse student body: Greenfield
Since becoming Penn’s President, Amy Gutmann
students rose from 9.3% in 2003 to 11% for the
Intercultural Center, La Casa Latina, the Pan Asian
has visited several urban high schools to remind
freshman class that entered in 2005, with students
American Community House, the Makuu Black
talented students, particularly those from under-
from the Philadelphia region, up almost 4% over the previous year.
> Expanding aid to middle-income and low-income students > Excellence
Concerns about equal opportunity in higher edu-
and equity go hand in hand > Creating the Penn World Scholars program
At Penn these students include a gifted writer
America. Excellence as well as equity demands
cation have focused primarily on the widening gap
who is the daughter of a New Hampshire auto
that we not let them fall on the losing side of an
between low-income and high-income students.
mechanic and the first in her family to attend
arbitrary line dividing those deemed deserving of
Recent studies have shown, however, that middle-
college; the son of a truck driver from Texas who
preferences from those who are not.”
income families—who represent the vast majority
has become a standout at the Wharton School
To promote greater access worldwide, Penn is
of American households—cannot afford the sticker
and a campus leader; and the son of a grocery
establishing a World Scholars program that will
price of most of our universities and also are
clerk who wants to pursue both a doctorate in
recruit outstanding scholars with strong leadership
strikingly underrepresented on our campuses.
philosophy and a law degree.
potential from around the globe. Penn will offer
Colleges and universities that are truly committed
As President Gutmann stated in her October
these students financial assistance throughout their
to achieving the goals of diversity and equal
2005 address to the Association of American
studies and valuable mentoring from Penn alumni
opportunity must focus their efforts on middle-
University Presidents and Chancellors, “These
from their home countries.
income as well as low-income students.
are the sons and daughters of middle-income
PENN BROADENING THE SCOPE OF
“THESE ARE THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF MIDDLE-INCOME AMERICA. E X C E L L E N C E A S W E L L A S E Q U I T Y D E M A N D S T H AT W E N O T L E T T H E M FA L L O N T H E L O S I N G S I D E O F A N A R B I T R A R Y L I N E D I V I D I N G T H O S E D E E M E D D E S E R V I N G O F P R E F E R E N C E S F R O M T H O S E W H O A R E N O T. ”
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
> Attracting extraordinary faculty and students from all backgrounds
> Fostering living-learning communities
> Furnishing state-of-the-art facilities
Along with our students, Penn’s exceptional faculty
opportunities that enrich the undergraduate
gloriously renovated Nursing Education Building,
form the heart and soul of our great University. Our
experience. The establishment of the College
which has been renamed for the eminent scholar,
capacity to shape the future will rise with our
House system and creation of student hubs for
former nursing dean, and former interim presi-
increasing ability to attract and retain eminent fac-
writing, technology, undergraduate research,
dent Claire Fagin. The University Museum of
ulty and outstanding students from all backgrounds
and community service have contributed to
Archaeology and Anthropology also is undergoing
across all 12 schools. We also aspire to furnish our
Penn's 2006 ranking as “Hottest Ivy for Happy
major renovations.
students and faculty with an even more welcoming
to Be There” by the 2006 Newsweek Kaplan Guide
and rewarding educational environment that
to Colleges—surely an encouraging indicator of
to open in 2006 will support the creative and
includes quality housing options and state-of-the-
the vitality of undergraduate life at Penn. A
innovative talents of our faculty and students.
art research and teaching facilities.
high priority for fundraising is to strengthen
They include: Skirkanich Hall, a state-of-the-art
the College House system by building the first
bioengineering building; the Carolyn Hoff Lynch
residence specifically designed to realize the
Biology Laboratory, representing the first phase of
College House vision.
a new Life Sciences Complex; the David B. Weigle
Penn is committed to providing access to campus housing options, amenities, and extracurricular
Recently renovated facilities that have enlivened
A host of new buildings and facilities scheduled
Information Commons in Van Pelt Library; the
the Penn campus include the beautifully modern-
Vernon and Shirley Hill Pavilion, a gleaming new
ized Fisher-Bennett Hall, home for our English,
research facility for Penn Veterinary Medicine; and
Music, and Cinema Studies departments, and a
the Platt Student Performing Arts House.
David B. Weigle Information Commons in Van Pelt Library
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FUTURE OF ACCESS
Fisher-Bennett Hall
THE FUTURE OF PENN IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO CAMPUS HOUSING OPTIONS, AMENITIES, A N D E X T R A C U R R I C U L A R O P P O R T U N I T I E S T H AT E N R I C H T H E U N D E R G R A D U AT E E X P E R I E N C E
ACCESS AT PENN
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KNOWLEDGE
P H O T O / I L L U S T R AT I O N C R E D I T S C O VE R
scholarship students outside Houston Hall, Candace diCarlo; student in lab, Suzanne Faubl
I N T E R I O R FRON T FLA P
portrait of Dr. Gutmann, Candace diCarlo
portrait of Arlene Fernandez, Emily Robin; portraits of Nancy Ryan & Angela Lee, William Chin, and Joyce Pulphus, Candace diCarlo
P E N N A DDIN G U N DE RGRA D UAT E S CHO LARS HIPS
parents with stroller, Paul Talley; doctor with nursing students, Bill Denison, graduate student instructor, Steven Begleiter; student in lab, Bob Krist
E NH A NCIN G TH E GRA DU AT E AND PRO F ES S IO NAL S T UDENT EX P E R IE NCE
C R E ATI N G A M ORE DIV E RS E PENN CO MMUNIT Y Penn Women’s Center walkway, Erme C. Maula; woman holding sign, students with laptop, students at the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center, and students walking by La Casa Latina mosaic, Bill Denison
girl in hallway, Peter Olson; Penn Quaker and cheerleaders, Bill Denison; student with headphones, Gregory Benson, students on bench, Bill Denison B R O A D E N IN G TH E SCOP E O F EQUAL O PPO RT UNIT Y
TH E FU TU RE OF A CCE SS Fisher-Bennett Hall stairway, Lisa Godfrey; students in College House room, Gregory Benson; David B. Weigle Information Commons, Ann Beha Architects; Penn professor, Bill Denison I N T E R I O R BA CK FLA P
Mark Stehle
two students, Bob Krist; Wharton Students, Peter Olson; students sitting on benches,
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