ACOR Mission Statement

Mission
Statement

ACOR MISSION STATEMENT

The mission statement provides insight into the origin and future of the organization. This three part mission statement is a summary of organizational planning at the founding (1968) and at the end of ACOR's first 25 years. The third paragraph sets the direction and the future course of the organization.

ACOR Mission

The American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR) in Amman, Jordan, was founded in 1968 to promote the study and teaching and extend the knowledge of the geography, history, art, archaeology, and languages and literature of ancient Jordan and other lands of the Near East by affording educational opportunities to faculty and students of Jordanian, U.S. and Canadian colleges and universities, as well as to other qualified faculty and students and by the prosecution of original research, excavation and exploration.

In its first quarter century ACOR has provided a vital link between Jordanian academic and government institutions (including the Department of Antiquities) on the one hand, and scholars from the U.S. and other nations pursuing research in the Arab World, on the other. ACOR provides a variety of facilities and fellowships to professional academics from major universities engaged in advanced research, and to educators who wish to conduct study projects in Jordan to enhance their teaching in their home communities. ACOR also supports students who wish to participate in archaeological excavations and related projects. In addition, ACOR assists both small and large field projects in archaeology. ACOR provides advice, coordination, equipment, research and laboratory facilities, a library of 35,000 volumes, residential accommodation, and lecture/meeting rooms, as well as an academically stimulating and socially congenial environment.

ACOR's mission for the next quarter century will be to support scholarly research, with special emphasis on archaeology, on the past and present human condition in Jordan and the surrounding region. The mission includes: continued development of the ACOR Library for advanced research; broadening ACOR's function as a meeting place for both international scholarly exchange and instruction on subjects related to Near Eastern archaeology and civilization; and continued cooperation with Jordanian institutions of higher education.


	Global Statement			ACOR Projects
	What's New			Affiliated Projects
	Fellowships			ACOR Library
	Research Facilities			ACOR Publications
	Residence Facilities			Donations to ACOR
	Calendar of Events			Benefactors
	Information Links			Board & Committees
	Contact Information			ACOR Staff