The Office of the President worked with a Strategic Planning Steering Committee, five working groups that included 82 faculty, staff, students, and Easton community members, a Feasibility and Implementation Committee, and College leadership. Five working groups, building upon themes developed through community listening sessions, surveys, and data collection, brought together ideas across their respective areas of inquiry that would become the five strategic priorities central to this plan.
All of this work is guided by a new mission and values statement that emerged as part of our collaborative work together.
Chartered in 1826, Lafayette College is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. Students are engaged in a transformative educational experience that bridges the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study. The College fosters intellectual inquiry, artistic exploration, scholarship, and personal growth in a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive community. Lafayette students become critical thinkers, creative problem-solvers, and responsible citizens of the world. (May 2024)
We cultivate a residential undergraduate learning environment where faculty and staff foster the interplay among the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study, and nurture intellectual curiosity, creativity, and ingenuity.
We value mutual respect, collaboration, and empathy in an accessible, inclusive, and diverse community where everyone can flourish.
We are thoughtful members of the global community, educating our students to be compassionate, ethical leaders who constructively participate in society—from Easton and the Lehigh Valley, to the Commonwealth, the nation, and the world.
We value an environmentally healthy and socially just world, managing resources with care and accountability, integrating sustainability into our academic and campus life, and pursuing innovative solutions to complex local and global challenges.
We are dedicated to excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship across cocurricular pursuits and through the multifaceted work of the College, and hold one another to the highest standards in our respective fields.