University of Pennsylvania Creates New Vice Provost Position Focused on Climate Change
“Every person at Penn and all that we do has some nexus to the existential challenge of climate change.”
Do you ever get the feeling that some universities have way too much money?
The College Fix reports:
Penn creates climate change vice provost role
The University of Pennsylvania now employs a vice provost solely focused on climate change.
The “Vice Provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action” is tasked with “support[ing] Penn’s leadership in addressing the climate crisis,” according to the campus newspaper.
“This would include responsibilities such as implementing the campus-wide Climate and Sustainability Action Plan, leading academic programs in climate science and policy and enhancing education and training focused on climate mitigation and adaptation,” The Daily Pennsylvanian reported.
The Philadelphia Ivy League university has identified fighting climate change as a core part of its “strategic framework.”
Penn’s framework states:
Every person at Penn and all that we do has some nexus to the existential challenge of climate change. We must, in an all-in University effort, do more. From leading energy science and policy across disciplines to designing and caring for the built environment, Penn will seek additional ways to support and recruit the best minds; fuel initiatives that advance understanding and promise solutions; and adopt institutional best practices for the sake of our future and our planet.
Interim President Larry Jameson provided further comments on the new position as well as another new job, a vice provost for the arts.
“We promised to lead on the great challenges of the world, and climate change may just be the greatest challenge we all face,” President Jameson stated in Penn Today. “And at a moment when it is critical that people come together through deeper understanding and empathy for others, the arts are core to creating connection and fostering common humanity.”
“The most tangible goal of this program is to reduce the temperature of the planet and to protect the planet’s inhabitants and ecosystem while we get there,” Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives David Asch stated in Penn Today.
The university also covers the issue of climate change in various courses.
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WHY does a university need a VP for “climate change”? Are they going to build a dome over West Philly? Or are they just not labeling it for what it is: VP for Useless Sinecure?
“Every person at Penn and all that we do has some nexus to the existential challenge of climate change.”
Sounds a lot like:
“So what if it WAS an off-topic post? It’s VITALLY IMPORTANT!!”
I guess they’re going to pay this guy seven figures to organize rain dances.
He will be paid six figures to create a huge staff that will stomp out any dissenters.
This reminds me of the story about a government agency hiring a night watchman, then they have to hire many persons to oversee the matter, have a budget crisis, and then fires the watchman to save money.
just another avenue to collecting tax payers money
The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over in the forlorn hope one will get a different result. I think we can safely apply this definition to UPenn.