Mission and Values

Utica College educates students for rewarding careers, responsible citizenship, and fulfilling lives by integrating liberal and professional study, by creating a community of learners with diverse experiences and perspectives, by balancing its local heritage with a global perspective, by encouraging lifelong learning, and by promoting scholarship in the belief that the discovery and application of knowledge enrich teaching and learning.

Utica College's mission rests upon a foundation of values that guide the College community's decisions and actions. These values include the following:

• commitment to individual attention for our students
• commitment to lifelong learning
• commitment to pragmatic approaches to teaching and learning
• commitment to continual improvement in our educational quality
• commitment to fostering diversity of perspective, background, and experience for education in an increasingly global society
• commitment to community and professional service
• dedication to highest ethical standards and integrity in all that we do
• dedication to freedom of expression and to open sharing of ideas and creativity
• dedication to open, honest, and collegial communication
• dedication to the well being of others

Utica College Accreditation

The College is chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York under its corporate name, Utica College, and also is mentioned in Syracuse University's charter. The Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-2680, (215) 662-5606, accredits Utica College.

The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation. Copies of the accreditation reports are on file in the offices of the president and the vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty.

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