Mission
Claremont McKenna College's mission is to prepare students for thoughtful and productive lives and responsible leadership in business, government, and the professions.
Principles
Claremont McKenna College is committed to a liberal arts education that emphasizes economics and political science with integrations of the social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities; promotes faculty and student scholarship that contributes to intellectual vitality and a deeper understanding of public policy issues; provides scholarly support for a faculty of teacher-scholars dedicated to undergraduate teaching and close student-teacher relationships; fosters open, critical inquiry through an engaged intellectual program, including the research institutes and centers and the Athenaeum; sustains a residential community where intellectual engagement, civic leadership, recreation, athletics, and career development are essential elements of student life; and champions freedom of expression, viewpoint diversity, and constructive dialogue through The Open Academy, as well as institutional neutrality.
Motto
Crescit cum commercio civitas.
“Civilization prospers with commerce.”