FAR@Penn

FAR@Penn News!

Interfolio’s Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR) module is live as of May 27th, 2025 for many Penn schools! FAR Administrators in the schools included in this first phase are preparing the tool for faculty adoption in the fall. The Provost’s Office in collaboration with Interfolio and MJC Consulting, is continuing in the discovery, planning and implementation of FAR at Penn.

As the project continues, updates and resources will be posted on this page. If you have any questions or feedback throughout the process, please reach out to: fa-project-help@pobox.upenn.edu.

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Goals of FAR

The purpose of FAR is to equip Schools with a tool that streamlines data collection, enhances data quality and format consistency, and improves reporting for School administration and faculty, particularly in tracking information vital for accreditation and annual reports.

About FAR@Penn

What is the Faculty Activity Reporting (FAR) system?

The FAR system enables Schools to have:

  • Comprehensive and standardized FAR data collection
  • Streamlined workflows to capture faculty data
  • Integration capabilities with central and School-based data sources
  • Customizable faculty reporting capabilities

Help, Links & Resources

FAR@Penn Guidebooks and Find Colleagues Details

The guidebooks and additional materials in this section were developed by the FAR@Penn team to provide Penn-specific guidance on how to navigate and use FAR:

FAR Demo Presentation to Penn (12/14/2023)

Interfolio Guides, Videos, and Workday Learning Courses

The materials below were developed by Interfolio and cover general FAR topics. Note that while Penn’s instance of FAR may differ from what is shown in these videos and documents, these resources are a great option for learning more about the tool:

Learn More

For more information contact your School Faculty Affairs staff members or the Interfolio@Penn Team at: FA-Project-Help@pobox.upenn.edu

PROV-Faculty Affairs OneNote Notebook (contains Faculty Actions Reference Guide, Faculty Recruiting Guide, and Faculty Affairs Glossary)

School Faculty Coordinator Email Updates Archive 

Faculty Affairs Resources in OneDrive

Interfolio University Courses on Workday Learning