PURPOSE OF GEORGE MASON COLLEGE

George Mason College, within the scope of its authorized educational programs and with special attention to the needs of its region of the state and nation, seeks to fulfill the State-ment of Institutional Purpose adopted by the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia on 5 June 1964:

A University is a community of scholars having as its cen-tral purpose the enrichment of the human mind by stimulating and sustaining a spirit of free inquiry directed to an understanding of the nature of the universe and man's role in it. This cen-tral purpose is served by activities designed:

(a) To quicken, discipline, and enlarge the intellectual capacities of the members of the University; and

(b) To record, preserve, and disseminate the results of intellectual inquiry.

The University of Virginia, committed to this central pur-pose, seeks to achieve its aims through the pursuit of the follow-ing goals:

1. To make a living reality in the consciousness and the daily lives of the students and faculty the special historic com-mitment of the University of Virginia to the character of its mem-bers, symbolized in the invitation carved upon its portals to "Enter by this gateway and seek the way of honor, the light of truth, the will to work for men."

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2. To give to able undergraduates the highest quality in-struction leading to baccalaureate degrees in the arts and in the sciences, not merely by transmitting established skills, and knowledge, but by developing their ability to think, to respond to ideas, and to test hypotheses and interpret human experience anew.

3. To train young men and women for the professions in:

(a) Undergraduate schools and programs leading to degrees in Architecture, City Planning, Com-merce, Education, Engineering and Applied Science, and Nursing. (At George Mason Col-lege in Commerce, Education, Applied Science, Nursing, and such other fields as time and cir-cumstances warrant.)

(b) Graduate school and graduate professional pro-grams leading to advanced degrees in Arts and Sciences, Architecture and Planning, Business Administration Education, Engineering and Applied Science, Law, and Medicine. (At George Mason College in Arts and Sciences, Education, and such other fields as time and circumstances warrant.)

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4. To perform graduate instruction, study, and research directed to the advancement of knowledge, and to make dis-coveries on the frontiers of knowledge available to student, scholars, and the general public through all appropriate means.

5. To offer various kinds of public service to the Common-wealth of Virginia and the nation through specialized knowledge and research as may be provided by the various special divisions and institutes of the University.

6. To provide programs of continuing education.

7. To cooperate with and assist other colleges and educational institutions, especially in the Commonwealth of Virginia, through the experience, counsel, and facilities of the University, to

make the greatest possible contribution to education in the Common-wealth, and beyond its borders.

8. To establish appropriate new programs, schools, and de-grees, and to undertake such advanced and special research as the educational requirements of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation may indicate.

9. To serve as the intellectual and cultural center of Northern Virginia, especially through special programs, lectures, drama, music, and library services.

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