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Mission statement: the mission of the university fordham university, the jesuit university of new YORK, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through undergraduate, graduate, and professional education of the highest quality. Guided by its catholic and jesuit traditions, fordham fosters the intellectual, social, and moral development of its students, preparing them for leadership in a global society. Characteristics of the university as a university - fordham strives for excellence in research and teaching, and guarantees the freedom of inquiry required for rigorous thinking and the quest for truth. Fordham affirms the value of a CORE curriculum rooted in the liberal arts and sciences. The university seeks to foster in ALL its students life long habits of careful observation, critical thinking, creativity, moral reflection, and articulate expression. In order to prepare citizens for an increasingly multicultural and multinational society, fordham seeks to develop in its students an understanding of and reverence for cultures and ways of life other than their own. As a catholic university - fordham affirms the complementary roles of faith and reason in the pursuit of wisdom and learning. The university encourages the growth of a life of faith consonant with moral and intellectual development. Fordham encourages faculty to discuss and promote an understanding of the ethical dimension of what is being studied and what is being taught. Fordham gives special attention to the study of the living tradition of catholicism, and it provides a place where religious traditions may interact with each other and with contemporary culture. Fordham welcomes students, faculty, and staff of ALL religious traditions and of no religious tradition as valued members of this community of study and dialogue. As a jesuit university - fordham draws its inspiration from the DUAL heritage of christian humanism and ignatian spirituality, and consequently SEES ALL disciplines as potential paths to GOD. Fordham recognizes the dignity and uniqueness of each person. A fordham education at ALL levels is student-centered, and attentive to the development of the whole person. Such an education is based on close collaboration among students, faculty, and staff. Fordham is committed to research and education that assist in the advancement of knowledge, the alleviation of poverty, the promotion of justice, the protection of human rights, and respect for the environment. Jesuit education is cosmopolitan education. Therefore, education at fordham is international in its scope and in its aspirations. The worldwide network of jesuit universities offers fordham faculty and students distinctive opportunities for international exchange and collaboration. As a university in new YORK city - as home to people from ALL over the globe, as a center of international business, communication, diplomacy, and the arts and the sciences, new YORK city provides fordham with a special kind of classroom. Its unparalleled resources shape and enhance fordham's professional and undergraduate programs. Fordham is privileged to share a history and a destiny with new YORK city. The university recognizes its DEBT of gratitude to the city and its own responsibility to share its gifts for the enrichment of our city our nation and our world. Strategic planning in 2021, the university initiated a 5-year plan, "educating for justice: fordham university's vision and strategic plan, 2021-2026," which replaced the continuous university strategic planning (CUSP) process (2015-2021). Educating for justice RE-envisions fordham's dynamic mission - a mission rooted in its 183-year history-for the post-pandemic world of the MID-twenty-first century. The plan charts a path for the university to become ever more fully itself through mission-driven innovation. The plan's three goals are: educate students as global citizens and transformative leaders for justice in the innovation AGE; excel across the natural and applied sciences and allied fields to promote social change and equity; and, cultivate a diverse, equitable, inclusive, caring, and connected community that promotes each member's development as a whole person.
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