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Saint Xavier University is a private Catholic university, founded in the Mercy tradition, that educates students to seek truth, think critically, communicate effectively, and serve compassionately. The university focuses on teaching, learning, scholarship, and community service to support human dignity and the common good.

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to pathbreaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this mission by cultivating a diverse community of learning and discovery that produces leaders across the spectrum of human endeavor.

SEA is an educational institution dedicated to exploration, understanding and stewardship of the oceans, and to studying the relationship between humans and the oceans. SEA offer students an interdisciplinary curriculum, on shore and at sea aboard tall ships, that provides challenging voyages of scientific and cultural discovery, academic rigor, and personal growth.

The mission of the California Institute of Technology is to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education. We investigate the most challenging, fundamental problems in science and technology in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating outstanding students to become creative members of society.

The mission of Lighthouse Writers Workshop is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education, support, and community for writers and readers in the Rocky Mountain Region and beyond. We strive to ensure that literature maintains its proper prominence in the culture, and that individuals achieve their fullest potential as artists and human beings.

THE ULTIMATE MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROMOTION OF A MORE JUST AND HUMANE SOCIETY BY PREPARING ITS STUDENTS TO ASSUME ROLES OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY. THIS PREPARATION TAKES PLACE IN A DIVERSE LEARNING AND TEACHING ENVIRONMENT THAT INCORPORATES ALL RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL MEANS, INCLUDING RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

Sarah Lawrence is a residential liberal‑arts college that emphasizes individualized, seminar‑style learning, cross‑disciplinary study, and close faculty mentorship. The college focuses on developing creative, independent thinkers who integrate the arts, sciences, and humanities and are prepared to solve novel problems and engage with communities.

Washington and Lee University provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically and humanely, and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity and civility. Graduates will be prepared for life-long learning, personal achievement, responsible leadership, service to others and engaged citizenship in a global and diverse society.

Georgia Tech is a science and technology-focused learning institute renowned for our deeply-held commitment to improving the human condition. Our faculty and students are solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges: clean and sustainable energy; disease diagnosis and treatment; and national defense and security, among others.

Davidson is a private liberal‑arts college that aims to develop "humane instincts and disciplined and creative minds" through close student–faculty relationships, rigorous academics, and experiential learning. The college emphasizes residential community, academic rigor, leadership, service, and access (meeting demonstrated financial need without loans).

An institution of the Episcopal Church, Sewanee exists for education in such disciplines as will increase knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, pursued in close community and in full freedom of inquiry, and enlightened by Christian faith to Sewanee aims to prepare its students to search for truth, to seek justice for all, to preserve liberty under law, and to love and serve God and humanity.

Fisk University produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. Our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. Our faculty and administrators emphasize the discovery and advancement of knowledge through research in the natural and social sciences, business and the humanities. We are committed to the success of scholars and leaders with global perspective.