Mission, Vision & Core Values
Every day, John Carroll University helps students grow in knowledge, character, and community. These statements reflect our Jesuit Catholic heritage and guide how we teach, support, and engage with the world around us.
Our Vision
Excellence with Purpose
Grounded in its Jesuit Catholic heritage, John Carroll University builds on liberal-arts strengths to offer innovative, rigorous programs for a diverse community.
Distinctive study in health, business, and analytics is powered by experiential learning that connects classroom and world. In a culture of care and belonging, students thrive as engaged learners and become discerning leaders for and with others.
You Belong Here
In keeping with our Jesuit commitment to a faith that does justice, John Carroll University commits to a welcoming climate of inclusion, compassion, and respect through genuine encounters, solidarity, and care for the whole person.
We welcome individuals of all identities and experiences including, but not limited to, age, (dis)ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, nationality, race, religion or spiritual affiliation, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, veteran status, and other forms of human difference.
Our Values
The University's core values include a commitment to learning to create:- An environment of inquiry that embraces Jesuit Catholic education as a search for truth where faith and reason complement each other in learning. In pursuit of our educational mission, the University welcomes perspectives and participation in our mission from faculty, staff, students, and alumni of all faiths and of no faith.
- A rigorous approach to scholarship that instills in our graduates the knowledge, eloquence, sensitivity, and commitment to embrace and live humane values.
- A campus committed to the intellectual, spiritual, emotional, and physical development of each student.
- An inclusive community where differing points of view and experiences are valued as opportunities for mutual learning.
- A culture of service and excellence that permeates every program and office.
- A commitment to sharing our gifts in service to each other and the community.
- A campus that responds to demographic, economic, and social challenges.
- An appreciation that our personal and collective choices can build a more just world
Ignatian in Action
Here’s where mission becomes habit — and habits become leadership.
