Mission Statement

Multimedia Presentation

ABOR Project Approval

Integrated Learning Center Mission Statement
(adapted from the Project Justification presented to ABOR in December 1994)

The ILC symbolizes a fundamentally different way of thinking about learning methods and environments. It is structured around five fundamental principles that go beyond the specific orientation inherent in any single building or academic program. These principles are designed to implement an outstanding first-year-experience curriculum, as well as to address current institutional challenges in successfully delivering a general education curriculum. They are as follows:

A. Deliver a common educational experience in support of the first-year curriculum. The Integrated Learning Center (ILC) will provide first-year students with a resource-rich learning environment that would contribute to the development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes of thought that are the foundation of a lifetime commitment to learning, personal development, and social responsibility.

B. Provide freshman students with an academic/intellectual "home base" which is especially important on a large and complex campus. Development of such a campus home base has been found to support student retention.

C. Provide an enriched environment for students that integrates learning support resources and services with campus physical facilities.

D. Facilitate the implementation of "teams and technologies" as key, central components of the curriculum delivery process.

E. Ensure maximum flexibility of student learning environments to support numerous academic programs. A facility will accommodate a wide variety of student learning experiences while allowing technological flexibility.