P
URPOSE
The purpose of the College is to provide a
learning model which will aid students in increasing their capacity
for self-development and self-expression, and will facilitate their engagements in
effective social action as members of the world community.
At
Sojourner-Douglass College, we believe there are no sharp distinctions between
living, learning, and working. Therefore, we approach the community as
a learning laboratory where learning can be reconciled with action
and study, a concept which reflects student growth through
social
and academic utility.
MISSION STATEMENT
Within the
general goals of establishing an independent institution for historically by
passed people, specific objectives have been designed to:
1.
Assist community people in the development of skills and
mind sets necessary to gain control over social, political, and
economic forces which shape their lives;
2. Provide
the climate and orientation necessary for applied research, leadership and
community development;
3. Foster greater emphasis on
self-fulfillment, self-renewal, personal liberty, self-awareness, self-learning, social justice, and self-
determination;
4. Foster greater commitment to fundamental
social change, diversity, and pluralism; and
5.
Provide the student with the opportunity to improve the
quality of life for him/herself and the community-at-large through the
acquisition of knowledge, skills, resources and attitudes necessary for a
variety of needs.
Articles
59% of students would choose to return to SDC, whereas 41% would not. 
