The Mission Statement
Through its commitment to the
truths of Christianity and a
biblical worldview, The King’s
College seeks to transform
society by preparing students
for careers in which they help
to shape and eventually to lead
strategic public and private
institutions, and by supporting
faculty members as they directly
engage culture through writing
and speaking publicly on
critical issues.
Statement of Purpose of The
King’s College
As
part of its Institutional
Effectiveness Plan, The King’s
College has adopted this more
detailed statement of purpose:
The
King’s College seeks to
transform society as it educates
students for the long-term goal
of leading strategic public and
private institutions by
providing a foundation in
classic social and political
theory, Western history,
economic analysis, philosophical
inquiry, logic, abstract
thought, theology, and the
disciplines of writing and the
spoken word. The College aims to
equip students with life-long
habits of mind, intellectual
skills, and enduring
motivations, rather than merely
vocational skills or
pre-professional training.
We
recognize the need to educate
students as whole persons with
the moral astuteness,
intellectual insight, and
personal discipline to become
autonomous (literally,
law-governed) adults. To that
end, we aspire to a form of
education that integrates
classroom instruction,
extra-curricular commitments,
and service to the larger
community.
Even
though our program is not in
spirit vocational or
pre-professional, we recognize
that our graduates must be
prepared to enter an economy and
a society that already exists
and cannot be made to order. To
that end, we are committed to
equipping students with a
thorough understanding of the
organization of contemporary
society and the various
professions that influence the
“strategic institutions”
(government, business, law, the
media, civil society, education,
the arts, and the church); to
give them realistic maps of how
careers in these fields
typically advance; and to
acquaint them with the proximate
steps, whether through further
education or entry-level
positions, that will set them on
a course towards longer-term
success.
The
King's College serves students
who seek a rigorous
undergraduate education that is
rooted in the Christian liberal
arts tradition. The College is
open to all students, regardless
of their religious affiliations.
The
College is also committed to
supporting faculty members as
they provide a rigorous
undergraduate education to
students and also as they
directly engage culture through
writing and speaking publicly on
critical issues.
Statement of Institutional Goals
Further to its Institutional
Effectiveness Plan, The King’s
College has adopted this still
more detailed statement of our
institutional goals:
Education
- To
provide an intellectually
coherent education founded on
biblical truth and focused on
advancing an understanding of
politics, philosophy, economics,
and business.
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To show how Christians can and
should live in and engage a
great American city, and by
extension other large urban
areas.
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To
demonstrate the breadth and
power of intellectual analysis
founded on the truths of
Christianity and a biblical
worldview.
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To
discern the worthy ideals of
Western civilization and
preserve and defend them against
their opponents and against
cultural impulses to abandon or
trivialize them.
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To
teach the importance of
religious, economic, and
political freedom in human
societies.
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To
advance understanding of how
free markets, the rule of law,
and popular government can and
should work together.
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To
foster inquiry into the great
religious, political,
philosophical, economic, and
literary ideas of Western
culture, and to compare them
with the products of other
cultures.
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To
develop and refine students’
capacity to combine mature
intellectual analysis with moral
clarity and to help them apply
universal principles in analysis
of important policy issues.
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To
provoke constructive debate
among proponents of differing
premises about justice,
prosperity, virtue, and truth.
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To
promote effective writing and
speaking in the advocacy of
important ideas.
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To
cultivate in students the habits
of attending to local, national,
and international issues through
daily attention to serious
journalism.
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To
equip students with cultural
literacy concerning both past
and present.
Students
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To
foster in students an abiding
faith in Jesus Christ and a
desire to follow Him and advance
His kingdom.
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To
move students to develop a deep,
theologically grounded moral
sense that informs their
personal and vocational
decisions.
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To
foster the worthy ambitions of
students to shape and to lead
strategic institutions.
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To
prepare students through
internships, part-time
employment, career counseling,
and student leadership for
positions in strategic
institutions.
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To
put students in regular contact
with older and retired leaders
ready to share wisdom about
life, careers, and faith.
Faculty
-
To
support faculty members as they
speak and write on issues in the
local and national media.
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To
cultivate a network of contacts
in order to increase
opportunities for faculty
members to influence the general
culture and their fields.
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To
provide media training for
faculty members.
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To
support faculty research by
providing time and other
resources, including access to
databases and specialists.
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To
support faculty members in
developing recognized expertise
in their fields.
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To
support and encourage the
spiritual growth of faculty
members.
Institution Building
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To
build a national admissions
system for recruiting qualified
students.
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To
build the financial resource
base of the College among
alumni, foundations,
corporations, and
individuals interested in
furthering the goals of the
College.
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To
gain broad public recognition
for the College’s distinctive
program and achievements.
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To
become known as a center of
thoughtful, biblically-based
engagement of culture.
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To
become known among evangelicals
in New York City as the go-to
place for thoughtful analysis of
urban life and trends in the
city.
