Mission Statement

The Center for Scholarship and Teaching has been established to encourage, promote, and support the pursuit of excellence in scholarship and teaching within Macalester’s distinctive urban liberal arts setting by:

• Supporting faculty scholarship, the cornerstone of a vibrant and engaged intellectual community
• Promoting excellence and innovation in teaching and advising
• Seeking ways to integrate scholarship and teaching to deepen and enrich the education of students while promoting a more ‘seamless’ and satisfying professional life for faculty
• Encouraging and facilitating public scholarship and civic learning as a means of making Macalester a truly ‘engaged campus’
• Sponsoring special projects that encourage the rediscovery, redefinition, and reinvigoration of the College’s liberal arts mission