Criterion Four: Acquisition, Discovery, and Application of Knowledge

The organization promotes a life of learning for its faculty, administration, staff, and students by fostering and supporting inquiry, creativity, practice and social responsibility in ways consistent with its mission.

• Core Component 4A: The organization demonstrates through the action of its board, administrators, students, faculty, and staff that it values a life of learning.
• Core Component 4B: The organization demonstrates that acquisition of a breadth of knowledge and skills and the exercise of intellectual inquiry are integral to its educational programs.
• Core Component 4C: The organization assesses the usefulness of its curricula to students who will live and work in a global, diverse, and technological society.
• Core Component 4D: The organization provides support to ensure that faculty, students, and staff acquire, discover, and apply knowledge responsibly.