“…Currently, the university's mission statement includes a specific reference to 'developing responsible citizen leaders and professionals' while the university's most recent strategic plan furthers this stated mission by proposing to pursue 'leadership development -notably, the preparation of imaginative, scientifically literate, globally educated, public-service-oriented future leaders -as a major institutional focus', with a set of corresponding goals. Interestingly, the university's founder had citizenship at the core of his understanding of the purposes and goals of education (Jewett 1997). The institution also has a strong commitment to liberal arts, but has recently created a School of Leadership and Public Policy to supplement the existing professional schools including law, business, nursing, architecture and medicine.…”