In this article, the authors state that the presidents and deans, with the cooperation of the professors, are responsible for the faculty and for the curriculum as a whole. The faculty work within organizations, and every organizational policy and practice, many outside the purview of faculty, has at least potential impact, either positive or negative, on the curriculum and the learning of students. If the curriculum is to have integrity, institutional priorities, policies, and resource allocations must all support the most important purposes of undergraduate education. Indeed, "integrity in the curriculum requires integrity of the institution." This, in turn, means that educational programs should reflect the institutional mission and enjoy the full and informed support not just of the faculty but also of the board of trustees and the president, the primary stewards of the mission. Furthermore, approving a mission statement and then acting in ways that advance the mission, is the fundamental way that the president and the board could establish integrity. The authors also discuss that a mission statement is an institution's formal, public declaration of its purposes and its vision of excellence that contains enough specificity for determining whether alternative educational and institutional practices could advance the mission.