Vision

By 2017 Kalamazoo College will be recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in innovative education that provides students with the following:

• A learning-focused environment that integrates academic excellence, experiential education, and outstanding co-curricular experiences
• A learning community that is residential, diverse, inclusive, student-focused, and comprehensively internationalized
• Multiple experiences for global learning and leadership that include an in-depth education abroad experience
• Outstanding preparation for life and leadership

The Kalamazoo College experience will help graduates become:

• Outstanding leaders;
• Responsible global citizens sensitized to intercultural and international diversity;
• Innovative problem solvers prepared to address the challenges of the future;
• Effective agents of transformational change;
• Engaged, ethical citizens; and
• Alumni who maintain life-long connections with the College.

This integrated student experience will be supported by:

• Excellent faculty who are models of intellectual vitality and who integrate strong discipline-based expertise, interdisciplinary learning, innovative educational approaches, and a commitment to student learning;
• Outstanding staff and administration who exhibit professional competence, a strong service orientation, and a commitment to the development of students; and
• The physical and technological infrastructure and the financial resources necessary to meet the College's current and future needs.