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THE RIT EDUCATIONAL AND ACCESS GOALS

Consistent with its vision and mission, RIT will prepare students to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century. RIT is committed to an accessible and supportive environment which enables students to realize their full potential. The RIT education will therefore promote the following educational and access goals:

1. Career Education

RIT students will receive career education responsive to the dynamics of emerging technologies and the global economy. Professional programs based on a distinctive combination of experiential and academic learning will give students opportunities for career discovery and will prepare them to assume leadership roles throughout their careers.

2. Liberal Learning

RIT students will acquire those foundation skills essential for success in the professional fields for which RIT prepares graduates. These skills will include expressive and receptive communication (oral, written, and visual); critical thinking and problem solving; mathematics and quantitative reasoning; and technology-based design and information discovery, processing, distribution, and presentation.

RIT students will acquire foundation knowledge of the basic sciences, the social and behavioral sciences, history, the fine arts and literature, political, philosophical, and economic systems, and the diverse cultures of the world community, which will provide a basis for a lifetime of intellectual inquiry.

3. Excellence

RIT students pursue their studies in an environment of high standards and expectations. The RIT community and curriculum provide students with concepts and examples of professional excellence, personal integrity, and ethical behavior. RIT students are expected to commit themselves to professional excellence, personal integrity, and ethical behavior and to demonstrate this commitment in their academic and personal conduct.

4. Community and Personal Growth

RIT students will be encouraged to develop an increased sense of the global community including empathy for others, civic awareness and responsibility, an understanding of the interaction between the global community and the natural environment, and an appreciation of human diversity.

RIT students will be provided opportunities to participate in a range of activities and programs that will foster self-discovery and personal responsibility, enhance interpersonal skills, promote career awareness, and expand their intellectual, social, and cultural experiences.

5. Access

RIT students will be provided opportunities to participate meaningfully in the learning and living offerings of the university by appropriate accommodation for their learning and living needs.

Approved May 10, 1995