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Holy Family University, a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, offers education in the liberal arts and professions through graduate, undergraduate, and non-degree programs. As a Catholic University, Holy Family seeks direction and inspiration from the life and teaching of Jesus Christ, affirms the values of the Judeo-Christian tradition, and witnesses to the dignity of each person and the oneness of the human family. Holy Family University educates students to assume lifelong responsibilities towards God, society, and self.

The mission of Westminster College is to help men and women develop competencies, commitments and characteristics which have distinguished human beings at their best. The liberal arts tradition is the foundation of the curriculum continually designed to serve this mission in a rapidly changing world.The College sees the well-educated person as one whose skills are complemented by ever-developing values and ideals identified in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Westminster's quest for excellence is a recognition that stewardship of life mandates the maximum possible development of each person's capabilities.

ST. JOHN'S DISTINCTIVE LIBERAL ARTS CURRICULUM AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES HAVE LONG GIVEN IT A HIGHLY RESPECTED PLACE AMONG AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. ITS STRONG COMMITMENT TO COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY AND TO THE STUDY OF ORIGINAL TEXTS MAKES ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE A PARTICULARLY VIBRANT COMMUNITY OF LEARNING. THROUGH CLOSE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORKS OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS AND THINKERS, UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AT ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE GRAPPLE WITH FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS THAT CONFRONT US AS HUMAN BEINGS.

Since its founding in 1701, Yale has been dedicated to expanding and sharing knowledge, inspiring innovation, and preserving cultural and scientific information for future generations. Yale’s reach is both local and international. It partners with its hometown of New Haven, Connecticut to strengthen the city’s community and economy. And it engages with people and institutions across the globe in the quest to promote cultural understanding, improve the human condition, delve more deeply into the secrets of the universe, and train the next generation of world leaders.

The Mission of Saint Louis University is the pursuit of truth for the greater glory of God and for the service of humanity. The University seeks excellence in the fulfillment of its corporate purposes of teaching, research and community service. It is dedicated to leadership in the continuing quest for understanding of God's creation, and for the discovery, dissemination and integration of the values, knowledge and skills required to transform society in the spirit of the Gospels. As a Catholic, Jesuit university, the pursuit is motivated by the inspiration and values of the Judaeo-Christian tradition and is guided by the spiritual and intellectual ideals of the Society of Jesus.

Vermont Higher Education Collaborative’s mission is to collaborate with Vermont’s higher education institutions, state & local agencies and other organizations to make quality preparation, training and support programs accessible to schools, early childhood and human service providers, educators and educators-to-be. VT-HEC seeks out experts in each field it addresses to work together to design and deliver high-quality learning opportunities and supports in areas of critical need that could not be delivered by one organization alone and that help ensure the success of every child and student.

The mission of Swarthmore College is to prepare its students for full, balanced lives as individuals and as responsible citizens through exacting intellectual study supplemented by a varied program of extracurricular activities. The purpose of Swarthmore College is to make its students more valuable human beings and more useful members of society. Although it shares this purpose with other educational institutions, each school, college, and university seeks to realize that purpose in its own way. Swarthmore seeks to help its students realize their fullest intellectual and personal potential combined with a deep sense of ethical and social concern.

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve our systems of democracy and justice. We work to hold our political institutions and laws accountable to the twin American ideals of democracy and equal justice for all. The Center's work ranges from voting rights to campaign finance reform, from ending mass incarceration to preserving Constitutional protection in the fight against terrorism. Part think tank, part advocacy group, part cutting-edge communications hub, we start with rigorous research. We craft innovative policies. And we fight for them — in Congress and the states, the courts, and in the court of public opinion.

Morris Brown College was founded on Christian principles in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church and is chartered by the State of Georgia as a private, coeducational, liberal arts college engaged in teaching, research, and public service in the arts, humanities, social and natural sciences and professional programs.The mission of Morris Brown College is to provide educational opportunities in a positive and nurturing environment that will enable its students to become fully functional persons in our global society. The College prepares graduates to live meaningful and rewarding lives, thereby enabling them to make socially constructive and culturally relevant contributions to society.

The mission of the university is to develop in its students capacities for critical analysis, aesthetic appreciation, sound judgment, and apt expression that will sustain a lifetime of intellectual curiosity, active inquiry, and reasoned independence. A Puget Sound education, both academic and cocurricular, encourages a rich knowledge of self and others; an appreciation of commonality and difference; the full, open, and civil discussion of ideas; thoughtful moral discourse; and the integration of learning, preparing the university's graduates to meet the highest tests of democratic citizenship. Such an education seeks to liberate each person's fullest intellectual and human potential to assist in the unfolding of creative and useful lives.

The mission of Earlham College, an independent, residential college, is to provide the highest quality undergraduate education in the liberal arts, including the sciences, shaped by the distinctive perspectives of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The College provides extensive opportunities for students and faculty to learn from each other in a cooperative community, an important aspect of which is collaborative student/faculty research. At Earlham College, education is carried on with a concern for the world in which we live and for improving human society. Therefore, Earlham stresses global education, peaceful resolution of conflict, equality of persons, and high moral standards of personal conduct.

Founded in 1861, Vassar College is a highly selective, residential, coeducational liberal arts college. We have a diverse student body (2,450 students from 50 states and 50 countries), a distinguished faculty (290 members), a low student-faculty ratio (9:1), an idyllic 1,000-acre campus, and exceptional facilities. We believe that the best foundation for a successful life is a broad foundation - an understanding and an appreciation of the range of ideas and methods of inquiry and artistic achievements that have shaped the human experience. Vassar is in Poughkeepsie, a small city on the east bank of the magnificent Hudson River, 75 miles north of New York City.