� VISION �

Benedict College is committed to being the best college in its class in the Carolinas.  We seek students, faculty, staff, and administrators who are committed to creating a better world through the discovery and application of knowledge.  We will be a full opportunity college with high quality programs of teaching, research, and public service.  Benedict will be distinguished by its continued commitment to facilitate the empowerment, enhancement, and full participation of African-Americans in a Global society. 

� MISSION �

TEACHING.  The College is committed to providing instruction that leads to the baccalaureate degrees in the arts and sciences and professional areas.  In addition, we are committed to providing continuing education that will lead to certificates and other special designations that may be useful for a career in the external environments.  It is our intent to prepare students to enter career paths that will result in leadership positions in business, education, church, government, community, and professional organizations, or prepare them for further graduate and professional study.  We seek to instill in students a life-long commitment to self-development and a commitment to being the best and a desire for public service.  Our graduates should be committed to making the world a better place.  They should be powers for good in society.  We continue our historic emphasis on providing educational opportunities that will prepare African-American students for full and complete participation in American society.  We explicitly accept the admissions challenge of providing the broadest possible access to all students consistent with maintaining the highest quality.  Benedict College is an equal opportunity educational institution.  We seek geographic, international, and racial diversity in our student body.

RESEARCH.  We are committed to undertaking faculty and student research that will contribute to the knowledge required to achieve the full and complete participation of African-Americans in American society.  We aim to improve instruction by incorporating the African-American experience and perspective.  We seek to stimulate increased and improved discussion and consideration of matters of importance to achieving a full and equal opportunity society.  Benedict College hopes that its research will contribute to discovery and implementation of better policies and programs in the public and private sectors to advance African-Americans to full and complete equality.  We also encourage our scholars to undertake research to keep current in their fields and to contribute to the general advancement of knowledge in their disciplines.   

SERVICE.  Benedict College is committed to utilizing its faculty, students, and administrative resources to provide service to improve conditions in the African-American community.  We seek to provide direct service in the local community and throughout South Carolina.  Our service emphasis is on education, social and family service, community and economic development, justice and crime reduction, and youth development.  We seek to demonstrate and develop innovative approaches to providing services that can have a profound and positive impact.

            “Learning to Be the Best: A Power for Good in the Twenty-first Century.”