Hanover College is currently doing major work in the area of long-range planning, which includes an effort to restate its basic mission . This effort includes a renewed focus on moral development and its links with the total educational experience. Issues of student life, housing, and curriculum can all be linked to ethical considerations. The new Academic Dean supports reviving the spirit and general directions of the project. The philosophy and theological studies departments have just disengaged from another major program of multi-disciplinary studies and want to build stronger ties between each other's courses.
Ethics is a natural link.