The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. It is one of nine colonial colleges and was chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin,the university's founder and first president,advocated for an educational institution that trained leaders in academia,commerce,and public service. Penn identifies as the fourth oldest institution of higher education in the United States,though this representation is challenged by other universities,as Franklin first convened the board of trustees in 1749,arguably making it the fifth oldest institution of higher education in the U.S.
Temple University is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia then called Baptist Temple. On May 12,1888,it was renamed the Temple College of Philadelphia. By 1907,the institution revised its institutional status and was incorporated as a research university.
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania,a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. It is the world's oldest collegiate business school,having been established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton.
INSEAD,a contraction of "Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires",is a non-profit graduate business school that maintains campuses in France,Singapore,United Arab Emirates,and the United States. Its degree programs are postgraduate-only,taught in English and include a full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA),an Executive MBA (EMBA),Master in Management,Doctor of Business Administration and executive education programs.
Arcadia University is a private university in Glenside,Pennsylvania. The university enrolls approximately 3,200 undergraduate,master's,and doctoral students. The 94-acre Glenside campus features Grey Towers Castle,a National Historic Landmark;the university also includes a campus in Christiana,Del.,as well as several centers around the world.
Judith Rodin is a philanthropist with a long history in U.S. higher education. She was the president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 2005 until 2017. From 1994 to 2004,Rodin served as the 7th president of the University of Pennsylvania,and the first permanent female president of an Ivy League university.
Pindaros Roy Vagelos is an American physician and business executive,who was president and chief executive officer (1985) and chairman (1986) of the American pharmaceutical company Merck &Co..
Linda Darling-Hammond is an American academic who is the Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. She was also the President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute. She is author or editor of more than 25 books and more than 500 articles on education policy and practice. Her work focuses on school restructuring,teacher education,and educational equity. She was education advisor to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and was reportedly among candidates for United States Secretary of Education in the Obama administration.
Thomas Ehrlich is a consulting professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education.
The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education,commonly known as Penn GSE,is an Ivy League top-ranked educational research school in the United States. Formally established as a department in 1893 and a school at the University of Pennsylvania in 1915,Penn GSE has historically had research strengths in teaching and learning,the cultural contexts of education,language education,quantitative research methods,and practitioner inquiry. Pam Grossman is the current dean of Penn GSE;she succeeded Andrew C. Porter in 2015.
The School of Professional Studies (SPS) is one of the seventeen schools comprising Columbia University. It offers eighteen master's degrees programs,certificate programs,pre-college programs,graduate school preparation,summer courses,postbaccalaureate studies,auditing programs,executive education,and English as a second language programs.
David Paul Montgomery was an American businessman and baseball executive. He served as chairman,minority-owner,and president of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball.
Mary Elizabeth Magill is an American legal scholar and academic administrator,who became the ninth president and 27th leader of the University of Pennsylvania in July 2022. She is an administrative and constitutional law scholar,who began her academic career at University of Virginia,becoming a Professor of Law. She later served as dean of Stanford Law School and as provost of the University of Virginia.
Rosemarie Greco began her career in the financial services industry as a bank-branch secretary;rising to be one of the highest-ranking woman in banking in the United States. She currently is co-chairwoman of VISION 2020,a national initiative for women's economic and social equality that works with affiliated organizations to advance issues important to women.
Douglas E. Lynch is an academic administrator and education entrepreneur who has made significant contributions to education innovation and also sparked controversy.
Patrick Timothy Harker is the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Harker previously served as the President of University of Delaware. He was the dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania from 2001 to 2007. He began his presidency of the University of Delaware in 2007 and resigned in 2015.
Jerry (Yoram) Wind is The Lauder Professor and Professor of Marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,and is the founding director of the Wharton "think tank,”The SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management.
Loretta J. Mester is president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
The University of Pennsylvania College of Arts &Sciences (CAS) is the oldest undergraduate college at the University of Pennsylvania,a private Ivy League university,situated on the university's main campus in University City,Philadelphia. The college traces its roots to the establishment of a secondary school known as Unnamed Charity School in 1740. In 1749,Benjamin Franklin and twenty-one leading citizens of Philadelphia officially founded a secondary school named Academy of Philadelphia. In 1755,the secondary school was expanded to include a collegiate division known as College of Philadelphia. The secondary and collegiate institutions were known collectively as The academy and College of Philadelphia. The college received its charter from Thomas Penn and Richard Penn. Penn CAS is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-oldest chartered college in the United States.
