Standard 1: Defining Institutional Purposes and Ensuring Educational Objectives

Charting the Vision Essay and links to supporting documentation for Standard 1.

Institutional Purposes CFR 1.1 - 1.3

University Mission

Dominican University of California transforms lives. We are an independent, learner-centered, international university of Catholic heritage, which interweaves Dominican values, the liberal arts and sciences, and the skills and knowledge necessary to live and work in an interdependent world.

University Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 2006-2008

Excerpted from the University Catalog:

What is Dominican University?

Dominican History and Values

Dominican's 4 Ideals

Faculty Handbook

Student Handbook

Educational Objectives

Excerpted from the University Catalog:

Educational Aims

Purpose of General Education

Integrity CFR 1.4 - 1.9

Excerpted from the University Catalog:

Academic Freedom

Dominican University of California is committed to the open analysis, discussion, and assessment of ideas and values. It supports the proposition that education involves both analysis and re-evaluation of accepted ideas, attitudes, and practices of the culture, with the aim of conserving the good, exploring new ways of thinking and acting, opening new vistas of knowledge, establishing a more profound art, and creating a more vital spirituality.

Dominican assumes that it is the responsibility of all faculty to uphold the purposes and aims of the University as stated in the University Catalog.

Excerpted from the University Catalog:

Diversity Declaration

Excerpted from the Faculty Handbook:

Policy on Discrimination

Policies on Recruitment and Appointment

See the Student Handbook Policy on Discrimination on page 19

Applicant Demographic Information Sheet

Diversity Sensitive Advertising Sources

Director of Diversity Position Announcement

James Irvine Foundation Diversity Grant Objectives

Diversity Initiatives Assessment Plan 2001-03