Our core values

ADVENTURE

We explore and take risks to engage in learning.

TRANSFORMATION

We enrich lives through learning.

INTEGRITY

We are respectful, transparent, accountable, and inclusive.

We live adventure when we:

• Explore new ways to move courses into the field
• Help people on their journeys to new careers
• Seek out and implement new approaches and pedagogy
• Seek new ways to engage existing and potential partners in education
• Make education accessible, regardless of geographic challenges 

We live transformation when we:

• Include experiential learning in our programming
• Transform learning spaces to respond to the evolving educational landscape
• Help people improve their lives, families, and communities through education
• Help people to discover new career opportunities
• Recognize how alumni have transformed their lives
• Take education to our communities
• Embed education in a cultural context 

We live integrity when we:

• Do the right things – even if they are not always popular
• Communicate our intentions with clarity
• Are consistent and accountable in everything we do
• Discuss our plans openly
• Stick to our course decisions
• Practice social, environmental, and financial sustainability