Febbie C. Dickerson

This document, the Consumer Information and Institutional Effectiveness Statement for American Baptist College, outlines the institution's mission and strategic goals. The mission is to educate, graduate, and prepare diverse students for Christian leadership, service, and social justice. The College's strategic direction is guided by its SEAL vision, which connects divine justice to community transformation. Key institutional goals include achieving excellence in education, fostering student engagement and success in Christian and ethical leadership, ensuring sound institutional advancement and resource management, building strategic partnerships, promoting institutional sustainability, developing cyberspace infrastructure for digital humanities, and advancing justice education through civic engagement.

This document articulates the American Baptist College's institutional creed and teaching philosophy, emphasizing its commitment to educating students for Christian service and social justice. It focuses on fostering intellectual curiosity, integrating a biblical worldview with liberal arts, and promoting community, inclusion, and lifelong learning. The college is grounded in the Black Church tradition, advocating for justice, love, and spiritual and social transformation, while upholding civic responsibility, non-discrimination, and the inherent dignity of all individuals.

This document outlines American Baptist College's commitment to institutional effectiveness and its strategic direction, focusing on seven key institutional goals. These goals encompass academic excellence, student engagement and ethical leadership, robust institutional advancement and resource management, strategic community partnerships, organizational sustainability, development of cyberspace infrastructure for digital humanities, and justice education through student civic engagement. The overarching aim is to educate, graduate, and prepare diverse students for Christian leadership, service, and social justice, fostering lifelong learning and ethical growth within a framework of continuous institutional improvement.

The mission of American Baptist College is to educate, graduate, and prepare diverse students for Christian leadership, service, and social justice in the world, with a focus on connecting theory to praxis, promoting community and inclusion, and cultivating lifelong learning through self-reflection. The college aims to develop students' ethical and spiritual growth by expanding their vision to include principles of social justice, equity, advocacy, and leadership, enabling them to build analytical and interpretative skills in both faith communities and broader society.