The Mission Statement of Sarah Lawrence College

At Sarah Lawrence College, our mission is to graduate world citizens who take intellectual and creative risks, who cross disciplinary boundaries, and who are able to sustain exceptional academic discipline within a framework of humanistic values and concern for community. Our unique educational practices provide our students with the opportunity to study intensively in small classes, to engage in independent research, and to spend unparalleled amounts of time working one on one with an exceptional faculty of scholars and artists, creating a tailored academic program of the students’ own design. Our goal is to instill in students a lifelong intellectual curiosity and nimbleness, as well as the confidence and entrepreneurial spirit to embrace a broad range of personal, professional, and creative pursuits. We thus prepare students to think and act independently so that they will tackle the problems of, and thrive in, a complex and rapidly-evolving world.

Central to our mission and philosophy is our commitment to sustaining a diverse and inclusive learning, working, and living community. This requires that students, faculty, administration, and staff reflect the diversity of our society; that people from different backgrounds and with different views treat one another with mutual respect and honest curiosity; and that they engage in dialogue and learning across the boundaries of real and perceived difference.

Please visit DEI@SLC for up-to-date information on the College’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts and ways to become involved.