Lasell University

Causes: Education, Graduate & Professional Schools, Undergraduate Colleges

Mission: Lasell college engages students in the practice of their fields of study through collaborative learning that fosters lifelong intellectual exploration and social responsibility.

Programs: Lasell college is a comprehensive coeducational college which offers professionally oriented bachelor's and master's degree programs, including more than 25 academic majors. Our students are given the opportunity to practice and prepare for the real world through a project-based and problem-based approach to teaching, through exposure to diverse cultures and peoples, through the development of critical skills such as writing and speaking in front of groups, and through confrontation with ethical and moral questions. Lasell college is known for helping students make the connection between classroom lessons and real life through hands-on activities such as internships, practica, service learning, and meaningful projects. Connected learning at lasell college involves students directly and actively in the fields they are learning. In all majors, students explore real issues, events, problems, and solutions. Lasell college faculty are committed to creatively integrating challenging coursework with practical experience in an environment that fosters lifelong intellectual exploration, active citizenship and social responsibiltiy. **number of students in 2016-2017 school year:fall 2016 semester: undergraduate 1747 full-time, 31 part-time; graduate 82 full-time, 234 part-time. Spring 2017 semester: undergraduate 1669 full-time, 30 part-time; graduate 86 full-time, 249 part-time. Summer 2016 term 2: undergraduate 47 part-time; graduate 159 part-time. Summer 2017 term 1: undergraduate 233 part-time; graduate 1 full-time, 188 part-time. Our undergraduate students represent 27 states and 26 foreign countries and our graduate students represent 24 states and 17 foreign countries.

provided management and educational services and leased land to lasell village, inc. , a tax-exempt affiliate, functions that are integral to the conduct of the exempt functions of lasell village, inc.

provided collaborative police and information technology services with two other local colleges, functions that are integral to the conduct of the exempt functions of those colleges, with the goal of providing quality services to each college campus in a cost effective manner.

provided facilities for other educational organizations to conduct educational programs and to provide housing to students.