Academic Affairs Strategic Planning

Academic Affairs Strategic Plan

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VISION

�� is a dynamic university with a global vision. Guided by a perspective that transcends borders, Academic Affairs serves the University community by creating a culture of academic excellence that fosters diversity, promotes innovation and sustains intellectual excitement.

Through shared leadership, Academic Affairs -

Challenges intellectual, geographic and technological boundaries.
Engages students as active participants in their education.
Empowers every member of the academic community to contribute fully to the vision with passion and purpose.
Supports active scholars, artists and practitioners as they create effective teaching-learning pathways.
Expands University engagement with community, business and institutional partners.
Establishes �� as the university of first choice for students.

MISSION STATEMENT

Academic Affairs prepares students to be life-long learners and productive contributors to a global society by helping them acquire knowledge and develop skills and values.

CORE VALUES

Academic Affairs upholds the University’s core values:

Intellectual Engagement: learning, teaching, discover, and application of knowledge
Community: shared commitments to service, teamwork, and partnership
Integrity: respect, honesty, trust, fairness, academic freedom and responsibility
Innovation: creativity, openness to change, flexibility, responsiveness, and future focus
Inclusiveness: individual and cultural diversity, and multiple perspectives

More specifically, the core values that drive our approach to decision making, problem solving, and resource allocation are:

All students are given the opportunity to reach their full academic/educational potential through the �� academic/educational experience.
Research and creative activity are essential to high quality teaching.
High quality teaching is essential to high quality learning.
Students are active participants in the learning process.
Learning is transferable into multiple real world settings.

GOALS

Develop an Academic Master Plan that focuses on programs relevant to our changing society and student demographics.
Employ pedagogies that are relevant to our changing society and student demographics.
Invigorate faculty and student research activities.
Cultivate global perspectives.
Provide faculty and staff professional development.
Develop non-state funding sources.
Provide needed academic technology and library resources.

Revised May 17, 2011