In the midst of pervasive economic, social and political transformations, all of us need to grapple with the deepest questions of meaning and value and incorporate what we learn into the imperatives of our lives. The human family requires the renewal of centers of thought and insight which, by their very ethos, can promote wisdom and stimulate moral courage.
Service learning occupies an important and privileged place in our curriculum.
Through it the human dimension of deep and significant academic study comes into sharper focus. Service learning is, at one and the same time, a powerful expansion of the boundaries of the campuses and a tending of some of our most important core educational values.