Conclusion
Temple University has a proud
history of education and service to the people of metropolitan
Philadelphia and the region. More than 110,000 Temple alumni remain
residents of the Commonwealth, with 34,000 living in Philadelphia and
58,000 more residing in the four adjoining Pennsylvania counties. This
tradition continues to guide Temple today. Through the years, Temple has
also become a national and international university as 65,000 alumni have
located outside Pennsylvania and Temple has created campuses and programs
throughout the world.
The challenges to Temple are greater today than ever before. These
challenges lie in every aspect of the University's life: Recruiting
qualified students who can most benefit from Temple's educational
opportunities. Assuring the quality of student life. Developing and
continually improving the curriculum, and adapting it to contemporary
needs. Maintaining and strengthening the instructional program.
Stimulating and expanding research and creative endeavors. Undertaking
program innovation and review. And, of course, providing the necessary
support services to allow instruction, scholarship, and service to
flourish.
Some useful past policies are no longer helpful in the present time of
change. And the rapid growth of higher education has created an array of
practices across the nation that not only are pertinent to Temple but may
be essential for Temple to consider if it is to remain competitive for
students and as a center of scholarship.
This Self Study seeks to review Temple in light of its mission and
history as well as best practices elsewhere. It makes an array of
recommendations to be implemented or, in the case of educational policy,
to be considered by appropriate faculty and student governance bodies. I
urge all those who will play a role in implementing these recommendations
or deliberating about them to move expeditiously. The imperatives of
Temple's mission, projected into the modern era, do not allow delay.
David Adamany
June 2001
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