At Grenfell College a liberal education means a critical and open-minded pursuit of knowledge providing students with the intellectual tools to enable them to respond to a rapidly changing world. A liberal education marks the start of preparation for a career and it may lead to graduate work in a number of fields. In a broader sense it is intended to build a foundation for social, cultural and recreational interests that will help students move toward a meaningful personal and professional life. Academically, the aim of Sir Wilfred Grenfell College is to enable students to be open to new ways of thinking and to gain a lasting intellectual self-confidence so that they may have both the ability and the desire to be life-long learners.
At Grenfell College the goal of high quality education is reflected in the following commitments:
- to teach students in a variety of challenging contexts and in general provide them with a
personalized learning environment;
- to maintain high academic standards;
- to foster excellence in teaching, to encourage scholarship, research, performance and artistic
endeavour, and to engage students, where appropriate, in these activities.