Mission and Vision

Mission

The School for Public Purpose and Professional Advancement is the catalyst for transformative experiential learning at Albion College. We equip campus and civic leaders with the tools necessary to name and pursue purpose: our moral response to the world, its challenges and its possibilities.

Vision

We strive to serve as a national example of liberal arts innovation and a national champion for the public purposes of higher education. We will elevate and facilitate post-secondary pathways that resist and dismantle systems of marginalization and exploitation. We empower our students and our community in the pursuit of transformative civic action, dignity in labor and sustainable social mobility.

The School for Public Purpose and Professional Advancement is anchored in the idea that we have a responsibility to cultivate a commitment to public purpose in our graduates: offering our students and community hands-on learning opportunities that promote and instill core institutional values.