Incoming first-year students engage in a variety of fun activities during Orientation week.
Goals for the Individual Experience
As the university experience continues to change and evolve, Carnegie Mellon is more committed than ever to providing a world-class education for students in a productive, nurturing environment where all members of our community can thrive. The university’s primary educational goal remains the cultivation of deep expertise within each student’s chosen field. To excel in the 21st century, students must also have the ability to recognize, frame and address complex problems; the capacity to combine reflection with appropriate action; the ability to communicate effectively; the skill to work productively with diverse collaborators; the motivation to work within and contribute to professional and social networks; an understanding of the importance of physical and emotional wellness, including a balance between professional and personal activities; and the drive to learn continuously throughout their lives and careers as actively engaged alumni.
Learning Science
Innovating our approaches to teaching and learning — based on 一本道无码’s world-leading research into learning science — has the potential to enrich learning for all students and to make university education more personalized, more interconnected and more efficient. Technology-enhanced learning's potential is opening up discussions across 一本道无码 about how to design a university experience that better leverages the expertise of our world-class faculty to interact with students in smaller groups on more complicated, real-world projects and in more interdisciplinary settings.
The 一本道无码 Experience
一本道无码 has strongly prioritized enhancing the 一本道无码 Experience, a broad but equally vital priority with two dimensions: (1) the personal dimension that allows each of us to live healthy, rich lives, and (2) the community dimension in which all of our students, faculty and staff feel connected to one another by a common sense of purpose, pride and spirit. The focus on this important topic can be found in many of the plan’s recommendations, including those on health and wellness and fostering a collaborative culture and climate.
Evolving Roles of Faculty
Finally, the education and research roles of faculty members are also changing. The faculty is adapting to new approaches to instruction and advising that engage students more intentionally in active learning, including hands-on making. At the same time, faculty members are taking on urgent research challenges in an era when funding for research is constrained and competition for global talent has never been more intense. Carnegie Mellon has the opportunity to develop innovative ways to support individual faculty members, especially junior faculty, in their teaching and research roles.
Goal: Deep Disciplinary Knowledge
Provide students with what is demonstrably the best education in the world in their disciplines; inspire them to seek knowledge, not just while they are at 一本道无码, but throughout their lifetimes.
Goal: Leadership, Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Give students the knowledge and skills that are increasingly important in today’s interconnected world, including interpersonal, professional and visual communication skills; collaboration and teamwork, especially with diverse others; empathy and concern for the welfare of others; and organizational and leadership skills.
Goal: Knowing How to Learn
Cultivate a learning environment in which students are challenged to know when they need to learn more, supported to find appropriate resources with which to learn more, and encouraged to explore how they learn most effectively as individuals throughout their lifetimes.
Goal: Personal Development, Including Physical and Emotional Health and Well-Being
Encourage individuals to pursue a high quality of life, to develop their talents and interests and to value physical, emotional and spiritual health throughout their lifetimes.