The Dean of the College division educates and supports students in their intellectual, social, ethical and emotional development. We work with students as individuals and as members of a diverse and inclusive residential liberal arts learning community. 

We Strive To...

• Create a safe, inclusive, responsible, and dynamic learning community.
• Promote deep intellectual and social engagement for the purpose of productive citizenship.
• Embrace the highest standards of academic excellence, personal integrity and respect for others.
• Achieve our mission and vision through close collaboration with students, faculty, staff, administration and Vassar College Alums.

Division and Department-wide Priorities

• Sustain the academic mission of the College and its curricular values and integrating them into the residential life of the campus.
• Cultivate a safe, healthy, caring and vibrant campus environment in which students think critically, creatively and with social consciousness.
• Engage students actively to promote self-awareness, community awareness and appreciation of and support for a diversity of experiences, interests, beliefs, identities and abilities.
• Promote the use of informed and reflective personal and collective decision-making.
• Develop skills for life-long learning.
• Establish, in collaboration with all members of the campus community, the standards and expectations for living and learning in a residential liberal arts setting.