普林斯顿大学的“本科教育战略计划委员会”对普林斯顿大学本科毕业生提出的标准包含十二项内容:
1.具有清楚地思维、谈吐、写作的能力(The ability to think, speak, and write clearly);
工作、看书的时候试着把学到的东西说出来、写出来。思考和表达是我们认知世界,以及被他人了解的过程。
2.具有以批评的方式系统地推理的能力(The ability to reason critically and systematically);
3.具有形成概念和解决问题的能力(The ability to conceptualize and solve problems);
4.具有独立思考的能力(The ability to think independently);
5.具有敢于创新及独立工作的能力(The ability to take initiative and work independently);
6.具有与他人合作的能力(The ability to work in cooperation with others and learn collaboratively);
7.具有判断什么意味着彻底理解某种东西的能力(The ability to judge what is means to understand something thoroughly);
8.具有辨识重要的东西与琐碎的东西、持久的东西与短暂的东西的能力(The ability to distinguish the important from the trivial, the enduring from the ephemeral);
9. 熟悉不同的思维方式 (定量、 历史、 科学、 道德、 美学) (Familiarity with different modes of thought);
10.具有某一领域知识的深度(Depth of knowledge in a particular field);
11. 具有观察不同学科、 文化、 理念相关之处的能力 (The ability to see connection among disciplines, ideas and cultures);
12.具有一生求学不止的能力(The ability to pursue lifelong learning)。