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The Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership (ICEL) is designed to make a unique and significant contribution to the leaders, educators, students and parents who value Catholic and private education. ICEL's mission is threefold: to offer a scholarly educational program relevant for Catholic and private school personnel, to build a sense of community among the students and faculty who pray together and serve others, and to prepare highly competent, effective, and dedicated educators for Catholic and private schools.

Catholic schools offer an alternative education in a pluralistic society; they must be as strong as public schools if true democracy, which is dependent on an educated citizenry, is to survive. Because Catholic schools do not have the finances, the resources, nor the enrollments of their public school counterparts, their strength must come from excellent preparation and dedicated personnel. It is the University of San Francisco's goal to ensure both through its Institute for Catholic Educational Leadership.