任务 & 值
任务
正规博彩十大网站排名教育女性深入思考, live honorably and engage the intellectual and 社会 challenges of their times.
- 正规博彩十大网站排名学院 provides a dynamic liberal arts and 科学s curriculum of the highest standards so that students and faculty can realize their full creative and intellectual potential.
- 正规博彩十大网站排名学院 fosters an environment in which women can develop high expectations for themselves as individuals, 学者, 专业人士和世界公民.
- 正规博彩十大网站排名学院 strives to be a just and inclusive community that expects honorable behavior, encourages spiritual inquiry and promotes respectful dialogue across differences.
由校董会通过, August 2002; reaffirmed by the Board of Trustees, May 2012
基金会
正规博彩十大网站排名学院 honors in its name the integrity and intellectual curiosity of Agnes Irvine Scott, 到美国的苏格兰-爱尔兰移民. 她的儿子Col. George Washington Scott, was the college’s primary benefactor, and The Rev. Frank Henry Gaines, minister of Decatur Presbyterian Church, was the founding president. While their leadership extended into the South the Presbyterian 教育al movement that began with Princeton University, Agnes Scott was established with a distinctive mission: to educate women for the betterment of their families and the elevation of their region. Initially named the Decatur Female Seminary in 1889 and renamed the Agnes Scott Institute in 1890, 学院于1906年更名为正规博彩十大网站排名.
The first institution of higher 教育 in Georgia to receive regional accreditation, 正规博彩十大网站排名学院 dedicated itself from the beginning to the highest level of “moral and intellectual training and 教育.”1 Its emphasis on academic excellence and a rigorous liberal arts curriculum “fully abreast of the best institutions of this country”2 has always encouraged independent thinking in an atmosphere for learning. 学院的住宿校园, 因其独特的美学而备受赞誉, 给了所有学生一种地方感吗, 宗旨与责任. Student self-government under an honor code has been a hallmark since 1906. A founding member of many national and regional 教育al associations, 艾格尼丝·斯科特自1926年以来一直是Phi Beta Kappa的成员. This tradition of 教育al leadership continues in the 21st century as the college models new forms of undergraduate 教育 for women through 峰会, which prepares every graduate to be an effective leader in a global society.
The Reformed tradition in which the college was created helped shape the intellectual, 精神上和道德上的价值直到今天仍然得到肯定:个人探究, 对共同利益的承诺, 性格塑造和与世界接触的重要性. 这些都反映在彼得后书1:5的座右铭中, “Now add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge.” The college’s charter commitment to provide “auspices distinctly favorable to the maintenance of the faith and practice of the Christian religion” has broadened into a commitment to ensure that students, faculty and staff of many faiths and secular persuasions are full participants in the life of the college. While Agnes Scott continues to be related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), its Board of Trustees is an independent, self-perpetuating governing body.
Widening the vision of its founders while remaining grounded in its original mission, 正规博彩十大网站排名学院 continues to provide women with an edge for achievement. 女校友在医学上脱颖而出, 科学, 教育, 部, 艺术, 法律, 政治, 商业及社区服务. 从20世纪20年代初开始, the college has ranked in the top 10 percent of American colleges whose graduates complete Ph.D. 度. The Agnes Scott student body has expanded to include women who represent the diversity that is the United States and the world and women who are returning to college to complete their 度. 艾格尼丝·斯科特在知识界的参与, cultural and 社会 issues of its times represents both the proud history and the bright future of the college.
1章，迪凯特女子神学院，8月. 27, 1889
2艾格尼丝·斯科特·Ideal，弗兰克·H. 盖恩斯,1889
由校董会通过, August 2002; revised by the Board of Trustees, 2012年5月和2015年10月
值
对女性的承诺
对妇女教育采取全面的方法, 承认智力发展的首要地位, 与物理整合的机会, 社会, 文化精神建设.
To perspectives within the liberal arts tradition that are particularly significant for women.
对教与学的承诺
- To academic excellence, rigor and creativity that engender the joy of learning.
- To personal interaction between students and faculty with an emphasis on independent study and mentoring.
- To the utilization of wide-ranging pedagogical techniques and technologies.
- 强调协作学习
对文科的承诺
- 以经验广泛的通识研究学科, 包括人文学科, 美术, natural and 社会 科学s with significant depth in a disciplinary or interdisciplinary major.
- To the liberal arts as the indispensable foundation for professional life.
致力于欣赏不同的文化
- To curricula reflecting a wide range of original sources and scholarly critiques.
- To a student body and a faculty who bring to Agnes Scott the diverse perspectives of their circumstances, 文化和背景.
- 尊重不同的观点, philosophies and perspectives from all members of the college community.
- To applied learning opportunities in local and international communities.
对一个重视正义、勇气和正直的社会的承诺
- To encourage the development of a spiritual commitment and a set of values that can serve as sources of vitality, 对学生生活的意义和指导.
- To support the development of leadership skills and community service experiences needed to become effective contributors to one's family, 职业，社会和世界公民.
Endorsed by the faculty, April 1995; affirmed by the Board of Trustees, August 2002