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for Character Education |
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The purpose of The Keeter
Center for Character Education is to provide programs
and activities which enhance the development of
character and good citizenship.
In so doing, the Center
reflects the principle upon which College
of the Ozarks was established--that character
in young people is best developed from an education
which includes the head, the heart,
and the hands.
The Keeter Center for
Character Education was endowed by a gift from the
James P. Keeter family of Atlanta, Georgia, in honor
of Mr. Keeter's parents, Vester and Ruby Keeter
of Bradleyville, Missouri.
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Goals of The Keeter Center for Character Education
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To reflect the College's five-fold
mission emphasizing academic, Christian, vocational,
cultural, and patriotic growth, and to provide
society with productive, responsible citizens. |
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To promote basic Judeo-Christian values such
as honesty, respect for and service to others,
good citizenship, generosity, honor, courage,
sound use of time and talents, and the work
ethic. |
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To serve as a resource for administrators,
teachers, and parents as they seek to fulfill
their responsibilities as partners in the character-building
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To publish information about and foster interest
in character education. |
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To serve as a model for others who have the
desire to establish similar centers. |
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Relationship to College of the Ozarks
The Keeter Center is an integral
part of the total program at College
of the Ozarks. Called Hard Work U. by The
Wall Street Journal, this unusual American
college provides a tuition-free education to deserving
young people who are willing to work for it.
The
work ethic--an education of the hands--is
integrated into its operating philosophy and complements
a solid liberal arts-based academic program--the head--within
a strong Judeo-Christian tradition--the heart.
Debt is openly discouraged
at College of the Ozarks--the College does not participate
in any federal or state student loan programs. Indeed,
the College of the Ozarks is unique in American higher
education.
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©2000-2010 The Keeter Center at College
of the Ozarks®
1 Opportunity Avenue, Point Lookout, MO 65726 417-239-1900
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