The American College of the Building Arts will:

• Create a curriculum and develop a faculty that will educate and train artisans within the context of a traditional liberal education.
• Revolutionize education by emphasizing an integrated curriculum that encourages an interdisciplinary approach to learning and life.
• Build a campus that is inspiring and embraces comparative learning
• Produce graduates that are globally aware as well as specifically educated.
• Offer experiences and examples for students that show the application of academic theory in real world problem solving.
• Encourage activity in and awareness of civic society as it relates to the building arts and to an understanding of the common good.
• Provide opportunities for debate on important issues within the classroom and the community through a promotion of free speech and academic freedom.
• Promote an attitude of sustainability and responsibility to contribute to the enhancement of the built environment and the community at large.
• Maintain the traditions of the building arts while at the same time encouraging their use in contemporary design.
• Develop a strong individual and college-wide work ethic that leads to a sense of academic integrity and a respect for learning.
• Transmit to future generations the accumulated knowledge of the past, specifically regarding the building arts, by encouraging scholarship, promoting high standards and fostering continuing education.