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AVID's mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society. AVID can transform schools and districts so that students, particularly those students who are first generation college-goers, will be successful in college and a career. AVID believes that the most effective way to help schools is to improve the quality of their teachers’ instruction and school leadership. This builds sustainability, accountability, hope, and positive morale directly into the fabric of a school and ultimately an entire school district. And a marked improvement in a community’s schools creates ripples of benefit for the community. In these trying economic times, it is vital to involve the community in the success of its schools, and AVID is structured and delivered in such a way that the family created in the AVID classroom can be extended to a school, a district and a community of hope for the success of students.

The mission of California Lutheran University is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.  California Lutheran University is a diverse scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies.  Rooted in the Lutheran tradition of Christian faith, the University encourages critical inquiry into matters of both faith and reason.

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.

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.

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.

Highlands College is a Biblical higher education institution that exists to supply the Church with leaders of competence, character, and spiritual maturity, holistically trained to lead lives of eternal impact by fulfilling the Great Commission.

Mission Statement: The University of Delaware exists to cultivate learning, develop knowledge, and foster the free exchange of ideas. State-assisted yet privately governed, the University has a strong tradition of distinguished scholarship, research, teaching, and service that is grounded in a commitment to increasing and disseminating scientific, humanistic, and social knowledge for the benefit of the larger society.

To serve the community, the nation, and the world by discovering, communicating, and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry, and by educating and preparing students to discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation Brown accomplishes this through a partnership of students & teachers in a unified community called a university-college

Corban University is a private Christian university that educates students from a biblically centered perspective, equipping them with academic skills and spiritual formation to serve and lead in their careers and communities. The school emphasizes integrating Christian faith with professional competence so graduates can “make a difference” in the world.

To provide quality post secondary educational opportunities and contribute to the betterment of society through research and development

Mystic Seaport's mission is to create a broad, public understanding of the relationship of America and the Sea. In order to accomplish this we: document, preserve, and stimulate scholarship in American maritime history and convey to a wide and diverse public the stories of America and the Sea through the Museum's collections, exhibitions, education programs, library, communications, products, and publications; collect and preserve representative examples of American maritime material culture emphasizing art, commerce, technology and science; collect and preserve examples of significant commercial and recreational watercraft related to America's maritime history, focusing on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; perpetuate skills associated with America's maritime past; and interpret representative elements of life in nineteenth-century New England maritime communities.

Assumption University is a private Catholic liberal‑arts institution sponsored by the Augustinians of the Assumption that prepares students for thoughtful citizenship and meaningful careers by integrating a liberal‑arts education with professional programs and formation in the Catholic intellectual tradition.