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Loyola Marymount University promotes academic excellence by:

Enrolling an academically ambitious, multicultural, and socio-economically diverse student body
Recruiting, retaining, and supporting a diverse and multicultural faculty committed to excellence in teaching and active scholarship or artistic productivity
Sustaining an excellent staff and administration as partners with the faculty in promoting academic excellence
Engaging students in academic programs that explore the multicultural experience of American ethnic groups
Maintaining an academic community in which freedom of inquiry and expression enjoy the highest priority
Emphasizing the skills and knowledge necessary for a lifetime of intellectual growth and providing strong pre-professional and professional preparation in the undergraduate curriculum
Offering excellent graduate and legal education in a context which promotes the highest standards of personal integrity and professional responsibility
Developing and maintaining the physical facilities, equipment, and support systems that enable the university to carry out its academic mission
Providing library facilities and services for excellence in the university’s undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs

Lives an institutional commitment to Catholicism and the Judeo-Christian tradition by:

Ensuring that Catholic faith and tradition continue to inform and inspire the Loyola Marymount educational experience
Encouraging collaboration between members of the founding religious communities and other members of the University to give a distinctive tone to campus life
Welcoming students, faculty, and staff from all faith traditions
Emphasizing the examination of the moral and ethical implications of all human actions
Fostering a just society through a commitment to social justice and service
Offering opportunities for religious practice and faith development for the entire Loyola Marymount community

Provides a liberal education by:

Offering a core curriculum that provides each undergraduate with a broad education in the liberal arts and sciences as the heart of the undergraduate experience
Emphasizing the study of philosophy and theology in the undergraduate curriculum
Challenging all students to think critically and reflect on basic values and issues, and free themselves from prejudice
Supporting a faculty committed to excellent teaching and scholarship in a university based on the liberal arts tradition
Encouraging students to understand their fields of studies in a broad intellectual, ethical, and social context
Preparing students, undergraduate and graduate, to play active roles in addressing the problems and challenges of the larger society and world in which they live

Fosters a student-centered university by:

Maintaining the residential character and medium size of the Westchester campus to assure that each student receives personal attention
Encouraging staff, administration, and faculty to embrace the ideal of personal care and dedication to the well-being and development of each student
Offering co-curricular programs that complement the academic programs and produce a coherent educational experience
Supporting the full involvement of students in campus life by offering a wide variety of activities
Providing opportunities for students to develop their leadership skills by actively involving them in decision making
Challenging and encouraging students to lead and serve others

Creates a sense of community on campus by:

Introducing new members of the community to the shared values and history of the university and reinforcing a sense of belonging for all members
Assuring that the daily life of the campus reflects a vision of human dignity and fosters mutual understanding and caring
Celebrating the richness and diversity of a multicultural campus
Encouraging faculty, staff, administrators, and students to serve others, participate in the life of the University, and act as responsible and generous members of the academic community
Providing opportunities to participate in making significant decisions through well-defined and fair procedures

Participates actively in the life of the larger community by:

Using the resources of Los Angeles and Southern California to expand and deepen the student’s educational experience
Developing academic programs that address the dynamics and opportunities of the nations and cultures of Latin America and the Pacific Rim
Inspiring faculty, staff, students, and alumni to serve their communities and society by applying their skills and knowledge to critical problems
Contributing to the intellectual and cultural life of society through scholarship and the arts
Providing leadership in the examination and discussion of the ethical dimensions of social issues
Recognizing a particular responsibility to serve the global Church, and especially the people of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the local dioceses.

Approved by Board of Trustees, December 3, 1990