To view the quality and success of the College’s educational mission not by the qualifications of entering students alone but by the qualifications of those we educate and those who receive degrees.

To foster and enhance faculty commitment to effective teaching and learning.

To encourage and support faculty scholarship, research, publication, creative work, and the involvement of students as partners in research and creative activities.

To extend the benefits of the College to the larger community by making educational, intellectual, and cultural activities available to all, and by supporting research programs that serve the people of Staten Island, its agencies, and institutions.

To offer rigorous general education and degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences and in a range of professional disciplines.

To advance the effective use of technology in all aspects of the College’s operations, so as to strengthen support services, teaching, and research.

To provide, with efficiency and sensitivity, the broad range of academic and administrative services required by a commuting student population.

To further, in all aspects of the College’s activities, an appreciation of the pluralism of American society and an awareness of the importance of global education and international understanding.

To cultivate civility and dialogue between and among all members of the College’s communities.

To build academic and research programs through collaborative initiatives with the community colleges, senior colleges, and the Graduate Center of The City University of New York, and with national and international counterparts.

To forge professional relationships with educators at all levels, and to work collectively to seek new and effective approaches to K-12 education.

To strengthen student interest in life-long learning, their purposeful participation in the issues that face our society, and their lively commitment to their own physical and spiritual well-being