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Institutional Mission, Vision and
Core Values Statements
Mission Statement
Founded in 1824, Cazenovia College is an independent, coeducational college offering baccalaureate degree programs in the
liberal arts and professional studies. Embracing student success as its primary mission, the College comprises a diverse yet close-knit
residential community that fosters intellectual, social, and ethical growth. Our experiential and co-curricular learning opportunities
and dedicated team of faculty and staff provide for an individualized educational experience that balances academic and student life.
Graduates of Cazenovia College possess the knowledge and skills necessary to become informed and successful participants in the
global community.
Vision Statement
All members of the Cazenovia College community will jointly share in achieving recognition of Cazenovia as one of the
nation’s leading independent colleges. The cultural, intellectual, and physical environments of our College; its Academic and Student
Life programs; athletic and co-curricular successes; and opportunities developed through its alumni network will form the
foundation of an uncommon, uncompromisingly excellent education.
Graduates of Cazenovia College will be empowered by an innovative combination of liberal and professional education. By
connecting theory with insights gained from practice, they will be able to solve concrete problems in the world around them. Our
alumni will possess the high-level abilities – analytical, communicative, practical, and ethical – required for active, responsible
participation in both public and private life. With skills that are transferable from discipline to discipline, career to career, and one
environment to another, Cazenovia College graduates will possess the abilities to work in their chosen fields as well as fields not yet
imagined.
Cazenovia College will create a community of learning that meets the highest expectations. The College will, as a result, be
positioned to continue its long tradition of making an active, ongoing contribution to the intellectual and economic success of a
diverse democracy in an increasingly interconnected world.
Statement of Core Values
Cazenovia College has been Building Futures Since 1824. Throughout its long history, Cazenovia College has been a
community focused on learning, nourished by diversity, and strengthened by integrity. Our task is to preserve this tradition for
future generations – providing a range of superior opportunities for personal and professional success in a supportive and rewarding
environment.
Accreditation
Cazenovia College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, and the New York State Board of
Regents.
Cazenovia College has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Assembly for
Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), located in Olathe, Kansas. The business programs in the following degrees are accredited
by the IACBE: Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management; Bachelor of Professional Studies degree with specializations in
Equine Business Management, Fashion Merchandising, Health Care Management and Sport Management and concentrations in
Accounting and Business Management; and Associates' in Applied Science degree in Business Management.
Cazenovia College’s Education Program has accreditation from the Regents Accreditation of Teacher Education (RATE) from
the New York State Education Department through December 2013. The Education Program is currently a candidate for
accreditation from the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC). Information about TEAC and the Education Program’s
Summary of its Inquiry Brief can be found at the following link: http://www.teac.org/membership/teac-members/. Information
pertaining to the Education Program’s Claims of Student Learning can be found within the Inclusive Elementary Education (IEE)
and Inclusive Early Childhood Education (IECE) program option descriptions and posted on the Cazenovia College Web Site at
http://www.cazenovia.edu/academics/divisions-and-majors. For further information, you may also contact Erica Miller, the
Education Program Director at 315.655.7390.
Information pertaining to student learning and achievement in the business programs accredited by the IACBE can be
obtained by viewing the program's annual report to IACBE, which is posted on the Cazenovia College Web site at
http://www.cazenovia.edu/about/institutional-research/accreditation.
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