Working Position Statement
As a contemporary, Catholic university, the University of San Diego is committed to human-centered education that prioritizes the value of the liberal arts as the foundation for inspired and meaningful lives, now and into the future. This commitment centers human dignity and strives to foster academic excellence in a technologically infused age by emphasizing the core competencies of critical thinking, mental flexibility, discernment, creativity, and human judgement. Moreover, it prioritizes aspects of the human condition essential to full flourishing - things such as friendship, meaning, contemplation, reflection, service and love.
As new technologies emerge, they will increase — not diminish — the need for individual and collective wisdom, ethical judgment, and a vision of the good life. USD’s contemporary Catholic identity and liberal arts heritage position USD to respond proactively to advances in artificial intelligence, and to rise to the challenge set in Lighting the Way Forward: Cultivate Innovation to Serve Humanity.