"We have a generation
of parents that are heavily involved in their student's lives, and it
causes all sorts of problems."
Dean of the
College, Adam Weinberg
Highlights from the Task Force on Campus Culture
Colgate's Mission Statement
Mission Statement
Colgate’s mission is to provide a demanding, expansive educational
experience to a select group of diverse, talented, intellectually sophisticated
students who are capable of challenging themselves, their peers, and their
teachers in a setting that brings together living and learning. The purpose
of the university is to develop wise, thoughtful, critical thinkers and
perceptive leaders by encouraging young men and women to fulfill their
potential through residence in a community that values all forms
of intellectual rigor and respects the complexity of human understanding.
— From the mission statement approved by Colgate’s Board of Trustees