The mission of RC4 is to integrate academic and personal life in a residential setting to develop systems thinking using interdisciplinary issues, foster all round student development through in- and out-of-class learning experiences and nurture a spirit of concern and care in students for all living beings and the environment.

The RC4 communities are bound together by common values such as:

• Openness and inclusion;
• Care and concern for all living and non-living things;
• Love for learning;
• Confidence in self and others; and
• Willingness to pursue continuous improvement as a lifelong goal.