Our mission

We create and share knowledge so that people will use information — with technology — to build a better world.

Our core values

• Learning and research that deeply engage pressing social issues
• Public and scholarly impact
• Effective stewardship of public and donor resources
• Pursuit, integration, and respect of diverse intellectual perspectives
• Being intellectually adventurous and creative
• Public access to information
• Civility and respect in public discourse
• Public undergraduate and graduate education as a path for increased social and economic mobility, in particular for student populations historically underrepresented in higher education
• Passion and engagement
• Work-life balance
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion