Faculty and Teaching Endowment

Columbia's Core in the Arts and Sciences

The small size of Core classes, the rapid growth of enrollments in select majors, the need for broad curricular coverage, and the fierce competition for the most talented faculty among top universities make the pressure on faculty budgets particularly intense. Strengthening the faculty, and the budget supporting them, is critical to Columbia’s future.

The Lenfest Challenge

The Lenfest Challenge, a generous one-to-one matching program established by Trustee Gerry Lenfest (’58LAW), is providing extra incentive to alumni and friends considering a gift of an endowed chair. The Challenge is a 1:1 match funding half of the $3 million required to establish each of 25 professorships in the Arts and Sciences departments, home to the faculty who teach undergraduates. (Read more about the Lenfest Challenge.)

A successful campaign will fund more faculty teaching undergraduates and strengthen both the Core Curriculum and course offerings in the majors. The result for students: more curricular options and closer connection with top faculty.

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The Columbia Campaign for Undergraduate Education

Faculty and Teaching Goals

at least 50 new endowed chairs in the Arts and Sciences departments

at least 10 endowed postdoctoral lectureships in
the Core Curriculum

endowed centers and
programs

endowment in support of Columbia’s Teaching Center

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