Mission Statement:

Approved unanimously by Curry's Board of Trustees on February 13, 1991, the institutional mission of the College is to develop liberally educated persons who are able to gain and to apply knowledge humanely, intelligently, and effectively in a complex, changing world.

To achieve its mission, Curry College promotes individual intellectual and social growth by engaging its students in achieving these educational goals:

Thinking Critically: To analyze, synthesize, hypothesize, evaluate, and to reason quantitatively.

Communicating Effectively: To see, listen, speak, read, and write well.

Understanding Context: To articulate an interdependence of individuals, family, societies, history, and the natural environment.

Appreciating Aesthetic Experience: To experience and comment on artistic phenomena.

Defining a Personal Identity: To identify strengths and weaknesses as learners, to become increasingly self-directed and disciplined, to care for self and others, to behave more responsibly, both personally and collectively, to become more aware of physical, social, psychological, and spiritual identity.

Examining Value Systems: To formulate and apply standards for behavior, to make informed choices with awareness of responsibilities and consequences, to increase tolerance and appreciation of diversity, and,

Adapting and Innovating: To access information, to anticipate, detect, respond to, and create change, and to prepare for lifelong learning.