The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, 
            technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation 
            and the world in the 21st century.
			
			The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, 
            and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges. 
            MIT is dedicated to providing its students with an education that combines rigorous academic 
            study and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual stimulation 
            of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in each member of the MIT community 
            the ability and passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind.