Values, Vision and Mission
Core Values
The John V. Roach Honors College encourages its students to develop a deep understanding of the ideals, principles, and beliefs that guide their behavior and shape their decisions. To promote this high level of self-understanding, the John V. Roach Honors College encourages collaboration and values diversity, integrity, equity, empathy, responsibility, and courage.
Vision
To be a world-class, values-centered Honors College characterized by critical, creative, cultural and cross-disciplinary inquiry.
Mission
Dedicated to enriching the intellectual life of TCU, the John V. Roach Honors College seeks to empower, inspire, and motivate high-achieving students to become leaders in our global society.
To accomplish the mission, the TCU Honors College will:
- Promote self-discovery, critical thinking and conscientious understanding of world cultures through rigorous academic endeavors and creative inquiry in the context of big questions, great ideas, and relevant issues that transcend the curriculum.
- Offer unique residential, curricular, and co-curricular opportunities, fostering a community of scholars for whom vigorous engagement with local, national, and global communities becomes a way of life.