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===Leadership=== {| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; font-size:90%; line-height:1.4em; width:280px;" ! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | School founding |- | '''School''' || style="text-align: center;" | '''Year founded''' |- | [[Yale College]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1701 |- | [[Yale School of Medicine]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1810 |- | [[Yale Divinity School]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1822 |- | [[Yale Law School]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1824 |- | [[Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1847 |- | [[Sheffield Scientific School]]{{efn|name="NoteA"}} || style="text-align: center;" | 1847 |- | [[Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1852 |- | [[Yale School of Art|Yale School of Fine Arts]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1869 |- | [[Yale School of Music]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1894 |- | [[Yale School of the Environment]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1900 |- | [[Yale School of Public Health]]|| style="text-align: center;" | 1915 |- | [[Yale School of Architecture]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1916 |- | [[Yale School of Nursing]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1923 |- | [[David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University]]|| style="text-align: center;" | 1955 |- | [[Yale School of Management]] || style="text-align: center;" | 1976 |- | [[Jackson School of Global Affairs]] || style="text-align: center;" | 2022<ref name="The Future of Jackson" /> |} The [[President and Fellows of Yale College]], also known as the Yale Corporation, or board of trustees, is the governing body of the university and consists of thirteen standing committees with separate responsibilities outlined in the by-laws. The corporation has 19 members: three ''[[Ex officio member|ex officio]]'' members, ten successor trustees, and six elected alumni fellows.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Trustees|url=https://www.yale.edu/board-trustees|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212041451/https://www.yale.edu/board-trustees|archive-date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 16, 2021|website=yale.edu|date=August 5, 2015|publisher=Yale University}}</ref> The university has three major academic components: Yale College (the undergraduate program), the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the twelve professional schools.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Academics|url=https://www.yale.edu/academics|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212120550/https://www.yale.edu/academics|archive-date=February 12, 2021|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=yale.edu|date=July 31, 2015|publisher=Yale University}} * {{Cite web|title=Undergraduate Study|url=https://www.yale.edu/academics/undergraduate-study|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115213519/https://www.yale.edu/academics/undergraduate-study|archive-date=January 15, 2021|access-date=March 1, 2021|website=yale.edu|date=August 3, 2015|publisher=Yale University}} * {{Cite news|title=Graduate & Professional Study|url=https://www.yale.edu/academics/graduate-professional-study|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120023208/https://www.yale.edu/academics/graduate-professional-study|archive-date=January 20, 2021|access-date=March 1, 2021|newspaper=Yale University|date=August 3, 2015}}</ref> Yale's former president [[Richard C. Levin]] was, at the time, one of the highest paid university presidents in the United States with a 2008 salary of {{USD|1.5 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{Cite news|last=de Vise|first=Daniel|date=November 15, 2010|title=Million-dollar college presidents on the rise|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/14/AR2010111404435.html|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> Yale's succeeding president Peter Salovey ranks 40th with a 2020 salary of {{USD|1.16 million|long=no}}.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Bauman|first1=Dan|last2=Davis|first2=Tyler|last3=O'Leary|first3=Brian|date=July 17, 2020|title=Executive Compensation at Public and Private Colleges|work=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]|publisher=The Chronicle of Higher Education Inc.|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/executive-compensation-at-public-and-private-colleges/?cid=at&elqTrackId=c806cf0c1e354f6da56e814816221ee1&elq=865271dad3ef43e0895afe34a1e95c8d&elqaid=17070&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7401#id=table_private_2015|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> The Yale Provost's Office and similar executive positions have launched several women into prominent university executive positions. In 1977, Provost [[Hanna Holborn Gray]] was appointed interim president of Yale and later went on to become president of the University of Chicago, being the first woman to hold either position at each respective school.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jaschik|first=Scott|date=March 20, 2018|title='An Academic Life'|work=Inside Higher Ed|publisher=[[The University of Chicago]]|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/03/20/interview-hanna-holborn-gray-her-memoir|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Abowd|first=Mary|date=Spring 2018|title=The long view|url=https://mag.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/issues/UChicagoMag_Spring18_0.pdf|magazine=The University of Chicago Magazine|volume=110|issue=3|pages=20–21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216200958/https://mag.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/issues/UChicagoMag_Spring18_0.pdf|archive-date=February 16, 2021|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref> In 1994, Provost [[Judith Rodin]] became the first permanent female president of an Ivy League institution at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Jordan|first=Mary|date=December 7, 1993|title=First Woman President Named in Ivy League |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/12/07/first-woman-president-named-in-ivy-league/81e4083d-5f47-4eec-9343-d2ff187a4949/|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref> In 2002, Provost [[Alison Richard]] became the vice-chancellor of the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 4, 2002|title=Professor Alison Richard nominated as Vice-Chancellor|work=University of Cambridge |url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-alison-richard-nominated-as-vice-chancellor|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301031334/https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-alison-richard-nominated-as-vice-chancellor|archive-date=March 1, 2021|access-date=February 16, 2021 |publisher=[[University of Cambridge]]}}</ref> In 2003, the dean of the Divinity School, [[Rebecca Chopp]], was appointed president of [[Colgate University]] and later went on to serve as the president of [[Swarthmore College]] in 2009, and then the first female chancellor of the [[University of Denver]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 17, 2018|title=University of Denver Chancellor Rebecca Chopp Named to the Board of Trustees at Olin College|url=https://www.olin.edu/news-events/2018/university-denver-chancellor-rebecca-chopp-named-the-board-trustees-olin-college/|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409111252/https://www.olin.edu/news-events/2018/university-denver-chancellor-rebecca-chopp-named-the-board-trustees-olin-college/|archive-date=April 9, 2020|access-date=February 16, 2021|website=[[Olin College of Engineering]]}}</ref> In 2004, Provost [[Susan Hockfield|Dr. Susan Hockfield]] became the president of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 26, 2004|title=Dr. Susan Hockfield selected 16th president|work=MIT News|publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]|url=https://news.mit.edu/2004/president-announcement|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref> In 2004, Dean of the Nursing school, Catherine Gilliss, was appointed the dean of Duke University's School of Nursing and vice chancellor for nursing affairs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dean Catherine L. Gilliss|url=https://nursing.ucsf.edu/about/our-organization/dean-catherine-l-gilliss|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031142317/https://nursing.ucsf.edu/about/our-organization/dean-catherine-l-gilliss|archive-date=October 31, 2020|access-date=February 16, 2021|website=[[UCSF School of Nursing]]}}</ref> In 2007, Deputy Provost [[H. Kim Bottomly]] was named president of [[Wellesley College]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 1, 2007|title=Yale scientist is new president of Wellesley College|publisher=[[Yale School of Medicine]]|url=https://medicine.yale.edu/news/medicineatyale/yale-scientist-is-new-president-of-wellesley-college/|url-status=dead|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414220507/https://medicine.yale.edu/news/medicineatyale/yale-scientist-is-new-president-of-wellesley-college/}}</ref> Similar examples for men who have served in Yale leadership positions can also be found. In 2004, Dean of Yale College [[Richard H. Brodhead]] was appointed as the president of [[Duke University]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 28, 2016|title=President Richard Brodhead to Step Down in 2017|work=Duke Today|publisher=[[Duke University]]|url=https://today.duke.edu/2016/04/brodheadannouncement|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref> In 2008, Provost [[Andrew D. Hamilton|Andrew Hamilton]] was confirmed to be the vice chancellor of the University of Oxford.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Balakrishna|first1=Kanya|last2=Siegel|first2=Steven|date=May 11, 2007|title=Bottomly to leave for Wellesley presidency|work=[[Yale Daily News]]|publisher=Yale Daily News Publishing Company|url=https://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/21069|url-status=dead|access-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513050601/https://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/21069|archive-date=May 13, 2007}}</ref>
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