Vanderbilt University is a center for scholarly research, informed and creative teaching, and service to the community and society at large. Vanderbilt will uphold the highest standards and be a leader in the

• quest for new knowledge through scholarship,
• dissemination of knowledge through teaching and outreach,
• creative experimentation of ideas and concepts.

In pursuit of these goals, Vanderbilt values most highly

• intellectual freedom that supports open inquiry,
• equality, compassion, and excellence in all endeavors.

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