Mission Statement: The Center for Principled Problem Solving equips Guilford students, individuals and organizations with principled decision making models and experiential learning opportunities, enabling them to work productively with others to make their communities and the world a more just and sustainable place.
The Center for Principled Problem Solving (CPPS) is an intentional community of teachers and learners who seek to both understand and engage the world through the lenses of Guilford’s seven core values of community, diversity, equality, excellence, integrity, justice and stewardship. The CPPS provides opportunities and support for students, faculty and staff to use their knowledge, creativity, critical thinking and life experience to address problems at the campus, local and global levels. Since its inception, it has engaged students, faculty, staff members and alumni in projects, classes and events.
The PPS curriculum is a three-fold process of foundation, practice and application. It cultivates critical thinking and analysis grounded in the core values, applies it to case studies in the classroom, and then moves into the community to take on real problems that affect people’s quality of life.