I. University's Vision, Mission, Values, And Goals
Vision
The University of Connecticut will be perceived and acknowledged as the outstanding
public university in the nation - a world class university. It will be a community
of scholars and a center for learning where individuals can develop their intellectual
capabilities throughout their lives in an environment that promotes academic achievement
and research excellence. Each individual's responsibility to one's self and obligation
to society will be nurtured. It will be a diverse community where the highest moral
and ethical values will prevail with a dual purpose, an inward focus on learning
and an outward focus on service. It will be the embodiment of the land grant, sea
grant, public research university dedicated to excellence. It will provide outstanding
educational programs having a global perspective with a foundation based on knowledge,
compassion and understanding.
Mission
Founded in 1881, the University of Connecticut serves as the flagship for higher
education and the sole doctoral degree granting public institution in the state.
The University serves as a center for research, dedicated to excellence in higher
education and fulfillment of its land grant status. We are committed to meeting
the educational needs of our undergraduate, graduate, professional and continuing
education students and providing our faculty with the means to develop their intellectual
capacity through teaching, research and interaction with society. Through the integration
of teaching, research and service, we shall provide an outstanding educational experience
for each student.
The University of Connecticut aspires to be the outstanding public university
in the nation; a center for learning providing excellence in both teaching and
research. We will be a center for intellectual pursuits offering the citizens of
Connecticut, the nation, and the world the highest quality educational services.
The research and creative endeavors of our faculty will provide the foundation
upon which we build a challenging intellectual environment for all students. We
will examine all we do with a global perspective in recognition of the exponential
increase in knowledge in a rapidly changing world.
The University will focus its efforts on ensuring that the student experience
fosters the transmission of knowledge and inspires intellectual curiosity in each
student. The university experience will be oriented to ensure a positive, productive
and responsible student life. We will create an atmosphere of trust and mutual
respect enabling each community participant to benefit from the University's resources.
We shall recognize our ever-changing leadership role as a flagship university to
provide and facilitate educational services for all those seeking to expand their
intellectual horizons.
The University will serve the state and its citizens in a manner that enhances
the social and economic well-being of its communities. It will do so by providing
leadership in the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge to all its constituents,
recognizing that the continual transmission of knowledge and lifelong learning
are essential to Connecticut's future in a global context. It will seek to enhance
the quality of life and the economic well-being of Connecticut.
Values
- We believe that there are certain central elements to our existence
as a university.
- We are all members of a community.
- We must provide a challenging academic environment.
- We must foster intellectual and artistic curiosity and creativity.
- Education must be a lifelong pursuit.
- We apply the standards of excellence, quality and relevance
to all we do.
- Enhancement of happiness and fulfillment of each member are
important.
- We value academic freedom and debate.
- Teaching, research and service are our primary missions and are
interrelated.
- We must have all members of the community participate.
University Goals
SERVING AS A CENTER FOR LEARNING
The University will:
- be a center for learning through teaching, research, intellectual
investigation and artistic endeavors;
- provide an environment supportive of teaching, research, and
service;
- attract and retain outstanding students, faculty and staff;
- focus on students, creating a partnership among undergraduates,
graduate students and faculty members, with mutually understood
expectations;
- provide outstanding teaching, research and service;
- provide support to the community at large by being an intellectual
center for Connecticut and the nation;
- bring a global perspective to all its activities;
- ensure that the University's image reflects its excellence.
AN ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON OUTCOMES AND A SHARED VISION
The University will:
- create a climate of community, understanding, and mutual respect,
with a shared vision of the future;
- foster diversity to reflect our global environment;
- strive for a faculty, staff and student body fully committed
to University goals and objectives;
- focus administrative functions on serving the educational mission
in the largest sense, establishing procedures that help rather than
hinder achieving that mission;
- assert its authority to establish and achieve objectives and
will be accountable for outcomes;
- achieve financial responsibility for its own destiny.
COMMITMENT TO CONNECTICUT AND TO THE WORLD
The University will:
- be oriented toward public service, recognizing its responsibility
to enhance the quality of life and the economic well-being of Connecticut;
- ensure that education is available to all qualified state residents;
- interact with the world through its students and programs.
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