Southwestern University

Programs: Instructional services: the university's primary mission is fostering a liberal arts educational community of the highest caliber. The university seeks to develop a community of scholars in both its faculty and student body that is self-critical and tough-minded, and that maintains rigorous academic standards. Through its paideia program, the university transcends conventional approaches to teaching and learning through a student-driven, faculty-led experience. The program emphasizes intellectual curiosity, promotes connections between academic courses, offers intercultural and diversity experiences, encourages civic engagement, and supports collaborative or guided research and creative works. For the year, the university enrolled 1,427 full-time equivalent students in its academic instructional programs. Most of the university's enrollment is traditional college-age students, and for the fall 2016 semester 98. 3% were enrolled full-time (12 or more credit hours for the semester). The student-teacher ratio was approximately 11. 8:1 in the current year.

financial assistance: the university seeks to support its primary program services through financial assistance to students. Institutional financial assistance includes both need-based assistance and merit-based assistance. The primary funding sources for institutional financial assistance are restricted and unrestricted endowments and gifts, and general operating budget support. Approximately 98% of university students receive institutional financial assistance. Approximately 61% of university students receive need-based financial assistance. The university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or any other impermissible factor, in the management of its institutional financial assistance program.

student services: the university seeks to support its primary academic mission through robust student services for its primarily residential liberal arts campus. Student services includes the police department, academic success & records department, student activities, residential life administration, career counseling and services, student health and counseling services, ncaa iii athletics, intramural sports, and other services vital to support a residential academic community of the highest caliber and quality.