The NLC Mission Statement

A program fostering lifelong learning by drawing on instructors and resources of educational and corporate organizations to provide multidisciplinary offerings in an integrated way to adult learners.

A program offering inquiries into the origins and essence of who we are.

A program affirming the connectedness in the world, while celebrating the diversity of the peoples who have shaped and inhabit this world.

A program which, in examining the world's cultures from an integrated perspective, enhances the discussion of basic ideas and issues by affirming the role of the liberal arts, including

• history
• literature
• philosophy
• painting, sculpture, music, dance and drama -- being expressions of personal or collective sentiments
• science and technology

A program promoting greater understanding and tolerance.

A program consisting of courses, seminars, discussion, study days, excursions and concerts.