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The mission of Earlham
College, an independent, residential college, is to provide
the highest quality undergraduate education in the liberal
arts, including the sciences, shaped by the distinctive perspectives
of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). A basic faith
of Friends is that all truth is God's truth; thus Earlham emphasizes:
pursuit of truth, wherever that pursuit leads; lack of coercion,
letting the evidence lead that search; respect for the consciences
of others; openness to new truth and therefore the willingness
to search; veracity, rigorous integrity in dealing with the
facts; application of what is known to improving our world.
To provide education
of the highest quality with these emphases, Earlham's mission
requires selection of an outstanding and caring faculty committed
to creating an open, cooperative, learning environment. The
College provides for the continuous support and development
of this faculty.
The
teaching-learning process at Earlham is shaped by a view
of education as a process
of awakening the "teacher within," so that our students will
become lifelong learners. Students at Earlham are encouraged
to be active, involved learners. The College provides extensive
opportunities for students and faculty to interact with each
other as persons, to learn from each other in a cooperative
community, an important aspect of which is collaborative student/faculty
research.
At Earlham College
this education is carried on with a concern for the world in
which we live and for improving human society. The College
strives to educate morally sensitive leaders for future generations.
Therefore Earlham stresses global education, peaceful resolution
of conflict, equality of persons, and high moral standards
of personal conduct.
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