# Mission and Values

**Source**: https://gue.mit.edu/about-us/mission-and-values/
**Parent**: https://gue.mit.edu/

## Our Mission

The Division of Graduate and Undergraduate Education (GUE) advances academic innovation and fosters the growth of every MIT student, empowering them to make a positive impact at MIT and beyond.

## Our Values

### Student-centeredness

We support the teaching, learning, academic success, personal growth, and well-being of the whole student and all students.

### Integrity

We strive to be transparent, respectful, honest, and accountable to ourselves and others; integrity fosters trust and trust builds the bonds of community.

### Community

We actively work to create a caring, compassionate, healthy, and safe environment that enables all community members to thrive.

### Diversity and Inclusion

We build and maintain a community and culture that celebrates and values diverse backgrounds, identities, and perspectives.

### Collaboration

We are committed to creative, flexible, and generous ways of building bridges, working together, and communicating openly.

### Innovation

We engage in creative risk-taking to build a more agile organization that in turn affects transformative change at the Institute, and in the world.