Trent University
Goals and Objectives of
the University
Statement of Goals
- To create a teaching, learning,
research and living environment fundamentally committed to the
promotion of free inquiry and expression.
- To offer a distinctive, excellent
and continually evolving teaching program that responds to the needs
of an increasingly diverse full- and part-time student body.
- To provide educational programs
which encourage students to think critically, creatively,
constructively and to communicate their ideas effectively, as well
as instilling a curiosity that engenders lifelong learning.
- To sustain and enhance opportunities
for research and scholarly activity of the highest standard.
- To recognize and take advantage of
our relatively small size, flexibility and experience to continually
foster opportunities for creative interaction between academic
departments and programs, teaching and research, colleges and
academic activities and among our faculty, staff and students.
- To develop, in the pursuit of the
advancement of learning, mutually beneficial partnerships and
linkages with universities, colleges, schools, and other public and
private sector institutions and organizations, including our alumni.
- To encourage intellectual and
cultural sensibility, adaptability, leadership, mutual respect, an
ethical conscience, global (or international) perspectives and
environmental sensitivity among all members of the Trent community.