Liberal Education at Ursinus
Liberal education is provided through an academic program that empowers the intellect, awakens moral sensitivity, and challenges students to improve society. Students gain intellectual curiosity, the capacity to think analytically, critically, and creatively, and the skill to express thoughts with logic, clarity, and grace. Further, they develop a deepened sense of human history and an understanding of who they are as persons, what they ought to do as citizens, and how they best can appreciate the diversity and ambiguity of contemporary experience.
Our Community Values
Ursinus’s Community Values support a diverse college community of students, faculty, staff, alumni, trustees, and other stakeholders that holds itself accountable to the following:
Foster excellence through high expectations and meaningful achievement
The Ursinus Community is committed to providing a rigorous educational experience that transforms lives, opens minds, and enhances opportunity in an integrated residential setting.
Honor open inquiry and free expression
The Ursinus Community promotes intellectual engagement and expression that are open, honest, and respectful of human dignity.
Act ethically, responsibly, and sustainably
The Ursinus Community is committed to informed ethical decision-making, civic engagement, and global citizenship in our curriculum, policies, programs, and outreach.
Be welcoming, equitable, and inclusive
The Ursinus Community, in its commitment to help its members lead creative and productive lives in a diverse world, provides for a diverse community in which all members are respected, included, supported, and treated equitably.
We are committed to using these values to guide our actions and to identify ways to improve.
The above is the culmination of the work of the Values Team. Nearly a year of comprehensive discussions, and dozens of revisions have led to this formulation, which were approved by the Board of Trustees in May of 2019.
The Values Team arose from repeated open invitations to any faculty and staff member to volunteer to join the group; it was not an appointed group.