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CORE COMPONENT - 4A

The organization demonstrates, through the actions of its board, administrators, students, faculty, and staff, that it values a life of learning.

Examples of Evidence

• The board has approved and disseminated statements supporting freedom of inquiry for the organization's students, faculty, and staff, and honors those statements in its practices.

• The organization's planning and pattern of financial allocation demonstrate that it values and promotes a life of learning for its students, faculty, and staff.

• The organization supports professional development opportunities and makes them available to all of its administrators, faculty, and staff.

• The organization publicly acknowledges the achievements of students and faculty in acquiring, discovering, and applying knowledge.

• The faculty and students, in keeping with the organization's mission, produce scholarship and create knowledge through basic and applied research.

• The organization and its units use scholarship and research to stimulate organizational and educational improvements.

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