Embry-Riddle's Mission
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University is an independent, nonsectarian, non-profit, coeducational
university with a history dating back to the early days of aviation.
The university serves culturally diverse students motivated toward careers
in aviation and aerospace. Residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida,
and Prescott, Arizona, provide education in a traditional setting,
while an extensive network of learning centers throughout the United
States and abroad serves civilian and military working adults through
ERAU-Worldwide.
It is the purpose of Embry-Riddle to provide a comprehensive education
to prepare graduates for productive careers and responsible citizenship
with special emphasis on the needs of aviation, aerospace, engineering
and related fields. To achieve this purpose, the university is dedicated
to the following:
- To offer undergraduate
and graduate degree programs that prepare students for immediate
productivity and career growth while providing a broad-based education
with emphasis on communication and analytical skills.
- To emphasize academic
excellence in the teaching of all courses and programs; to recruit
and develop excellent faculty and staff; and to pursue research
and creative activities that maintain and extend knowledge in aviation,
aerospace and related disciplines.
- To develop mature,
responsible graduates capable of examining, evaluating and appreciating
the economic, political, cultural, moral and technological aspects
of humankind and society, and to foster a better understanding of
the workings of the free enterprise system and its social and economic
benefits, and of the profit motive, as vital forces to the potential
of individuals and groups.
- To promote ethical
and responsible behavior among its students and graduates in the
local, national and international aviation and aerospace communities and in the community at large.
- To develop and effectively
deliver educational programs for the adult student and professional
at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including off-campus degree
programs, short courses, distance learning, non-credit program seminars, workshops and conferences.
- To support each student's
personal development by encouraging participation in programs and
services that offer opportunities for enhanced physical, psychological,
social and spiritual growth; and, by complementing the academic
experience and contributing to the development of a well-rounded individual prepared for personal and professional success.
- To engage in
research, consulting services,
and related activities that address
the needs of the aviation, aerospace,
and related industries.