New England College has retained its mission as a pragmatic liberal arts and professional college committed to understanding the needs of all humanity in an interconnected world. It seeks to develop self-confident, informed individuals able to find their way to a rewarding life with professional success and personal service. Students from a range of social and cultural backgrounds choose among academic and professional disciplines and enhance their learning through a broad range of internships.

In the coming decade, NEC will build on its strengths and the values of its founders while embracing the social, technological, and ethical challenges of contemporary civilization. NEC will provide a liberal arts education for the twenty-first century. Human rights and social responsibility will remain crucial to our learning and living community, where students will make reasoned academic choices and explore imaginative career options, with maximum use of alumni connections.

We are proud of our history of success in challenging and supporting students of diverse academic and cultural backgrounds who wish to achieve their full intellectual, personal, and social potential. We provide an education that develops:

• Critical and creative thinking abilities, effective communication skills, and responsible academic, and social commitments;
• Historical and comparative understanding of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences;
• responsiveness to ethical and humane concerns;
• Respect for gender, ethnic, generational, racial and religious identities, and an appreciation for natural environments and world cultures; and
• A foundation for lifelong learning.