Across the University
- Center for Teaching Excellence
- "The mission of George Mason University's Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) is to promote,
sustain, and celebrate educational excellence throughout the university. We pursue our mission
through helping those teaching at the university to enhance their skills as educators, as reflective
practitioners teaching in their disciplines, and as scholars in teaching and learning. CTE seeks to
promote a climate of shared intellectual exploration and openness, to advocate for academic
initiatives related to educational enhancement, and to provide a pathway for sharing information
and concerns about teaching among the university faculty and administration."
- Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
- "The Provost of George Mason University is pleased to announce the start of a new initiative,
Critical Thinking Across the curriculum, CTAC. Development of critical thinking is not only a part of
George Mason's Mission but also one of the six Student Competencies in Higher Education for the
Commonwealth of Virginia."
- Technology Across the Curriculum
- "Adapting to the demands of information technology also presents an important opportunity for
the liberal arts. On the one hand, training within the liberal arts promotes competencies demanded
by the high-tech world: critical thinking, careful reading and clear writing, effective communication
and problem-solving. On the other, information technology enables teachers to extend their
interactions with students beyond the bounds of the traditional classroom, while it gives students
new tools to pursue timeless questions. The Technology Across the Curriculum Program represents a
programmatic effort by the College of Arts and Sciences to make the most of these two mutually
reinforcing tendencies."
- Office of Institutional Assessment
- "The primary mission of the Office of Institutional Assessment (OIA) is to support institutional
effectiveness and the university’s mission of providing a superior educational experience for all
our students."
- University Libraries
- "The University Libraries, as a core academic function of George Mason University, serve as
both a repository of and digital portal to the wider universe of knowledge. The Libraries foster
innovation, originality, and imagination by qualitatively managing access to scholarship and
information, providing expert consultation in the research process, and actively teaching the
effective and critical use of information."