Service learning refers to learning that actively involves students in a wide range of experiences, which often benefit others and the community, while also advancing the goals of a given curriculum.

Interdisciplinarity is the combining of methods and insights of two or more academic disciplines into the pursuit of a common task.

Research is defined as a careful consideration of study regarding a particular concern or a problem.

Global perspectives involves the study of problems and issues across national boundaries and the interconnectedness of cultural, environmental, economic, political, and technological systems. It also deals with the cultivation of cross-cultural understanding, which includes development of being able to see life from someone else's point of view. 

 The more modern entrepreneurship definition is also about transforming the world by solving big problems, like initiating social change, creating an innovative product or presenting a new life-changing solution.