Mission of the College of Staten Island

The College of Staten Island, one of the 11 senior colleges of The City University of New York, is, like the University, committed to both access and excellence. This double commitment is especially critical given CSI's status as the only public college on Staten Island and the one instance in which CUNY is represented in a borough by one unit alone. The College offers the associates degree in selected areas, a comprehensive range of baccalaureate programs, selected master's programs, and, in cooperation with the CUNY Graduate Center, doctoral programs.

The College of Staten Island's remarkable campus, with its superb laboratories, studios, and classrooms, serves the pivotal endeavors of teaching and research that promote discovery and dissemination of knowledge while developing human minds and spirits.

The College's faculty, administration, and staff practice their commitment to educational excellence as they instill in students preparing to enter their chosen careers an enduring love of learning, a sensitivity to pluralism and diversity, a recognition of their responsibility to work for the common good, and an informed respect for the interdependence of all people.

Goals

1. 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.
2. To foster and enhance faculty commitment to effective teaching and learning.
3. To encourage and support faculty scholarship, research, publication, creative work, and the involvement of students as partners in research and creative activities.
4. 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.
5. To offer rigorous general education and degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences and in a range of professional disciplines.
6. To advance the effective use of technology in all aspects of the College's operations, so as to strengthen support services, teaching, and research.
7. To provide, with efficiency and sensitivity, the broad range of academic and administrative services required by a commuting student population.
8. To further, in all aspects of the College's activities, an appreciation of the pluralism of U.S. society and an awareness of the importance of global education and international understanding.
9. To cultivate civility and dialogue between and among all members of the College's communities.
10. 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.
11. To forge professional relationships with educators at all levels, and to work collectively to seek new and effective approaches to K-12 education.
12. To strengthen student interest in lifelong learning, their purposeful participation in the issues that face our society, and their lively commitment to their own physical and spiritual well-being.