- 149 full-time faculty
- 92% Ph.D.s or other terminal degrees
- commitment to recruiting and supporting faculty of outstanding caliber; Ernest Boyer approach to tenure and promotion
- faculty leadership in higher education, professional associations, community
- shared governance model and practices
- ample opportunities for integrative work in general education, interdisciplinary majors and minors, honors program, and collaborative initiatives in such areas as international programs, short-term and term-length study away programs, Chicago term, civic engagement, first-year experience, undergraduate research, teaching and learning, athletic mentors
- 7 Masters programs; summer programs; May Term (first 3 weeks of summer)
- commitment to diversity in faculty, staff, and student recruitment and campus experience