{"id":3058,"date":"2025-09-12T13:47:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T13:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/engineering-new\/?page_id=3058"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:09:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:09:42","slug":"mission-values-and-principles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/engineering\/mission-values-and-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission, Values, and Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-tarleton-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-34541c21c549255a26e50c7f7399cadd\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-tarleton-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e5b879460a3475134e5ee5cadeed7f4d\">With a focus on immersive industry collaborations, advanced infrastructure, and student success, we provide accessible, high-quality education that prepares students for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-tarleton-purple-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3889014a1011ac194b23d3c7e367b720\"><strong>Values<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-tarleton-light-purple-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-tarleton-light-purple-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-columns advgb-columns-wrapper\" id=\"advgb-cols-e577ff0d-97e2-441f-9a9d-40ec5286d57d\"><div class=\"advgb-columns-container\"><div class=\"advgb-columns advgb-columns-row advgb-is-mobile advgb-columns-3 layout-13-13-13 mbl-layout-stacked gutter-20 vgutter-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-column advgb-column advgb-is-one-third-tablet advgb-is-full-mobile\" id=\"advgb-col-9b3c0da8-06f7-4941-bf27-5f0e8d214d39\"><div class=\"advgb-column-inner\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:1px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img 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