{"id":26778,"date":"2022-09-28T09:04:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rmcad.local\/?page_id=26778"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T22:53:25","slug":"mission-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rmcad.edu\/get-to-know-us\/about-us\/mission-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission + Values"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"26778\" class=\"elementor elementor-26778\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c0ba93 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c0ba93\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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