The College's Mission Statement

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences provides academic programs that prepare our students to be knowledgeable citizens of the 21st century and empower them to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. The College also advances scholarly and creative endeavor through leading-edge research and artistic production. Faculty and staff use this research and creativity to enhance undergraduate, graduate, and professional education, and to provide a wide range of services to the people of Iowa, the nation, and the world. The College conducts its activities in, and serves as a model for, a culturally diverse, humane, technologically advanced, and globally conscious environment.

To further its mission, the Strategic Plan of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences has a Strategic Plan for 2006-10 that sets out strategies in vital areas: (1) the value of its undergraduate education, (2) diversity and globalization, (3) the value of its graduate and professional training programs, (4) support for excellent research, scholarship and artistic creation, and (5) service to the community and the State of Iowa.

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