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Stephens College, an undergraduate women's college with coeducational continuing education and graduate programs, is dedicated to the dignity and equality of all members of the human community. Its programs of lifelong learning promote the expansion of mind and spirit to value and respect the differences among us. Faculty, students and administrators cherish and protect the spirit of free inquiry. The College is especially committed to addressing change in the aspirations and roles of women. It rigorously and continuously examines existing programs and technologies, and experiments with new ones, in pursuit of that commitment.

Stephens endeavors to:

Promote standards of intellectual and creative excellence, and the development of creativity and critical thinking.
Support students in serious examination of their own experience and its intellectual, spiritual and cultural significance.
Create a community of academic endeavor in which learning is understood as an interdependent process, and students and faculty are partners in scholarship.
Foster opportunities for all students to strengthen their physical and emotional well-being.
Offer liberal and specialized education on and off campus and through international studies designed to show the importance of women's leadership in the world community.
Encourage the understanding of learning as a lifelong process that requires continual re-evaluation of goals and directions.
Establish a learning community that encourages students of all ages and backgrounds to assess their personal values and beliefs, and to develop a sense of ethical responsibility.