Outstanding teaching, scholarship, and service and to forging connections among these three interactive components of its mission;
Foster faculty research and creative activities in order to ensure the vitality of the university community and enhance its instructional programs.;
Foster student-faculty relationships that enrich teaching and learning, develop scholarship, and encourage public service;
Establish advisement procedures which assist students in making valid educational and career choices;
Recruit and maintain a distinguished faculty with diverse educational and ethnic backgrounds as guided by the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action and sustained through programs of development, research assistance, and retraining;
Promote diversity and an understanding of global perspectives;
Provide graduate programs which enable students to obtain advanced training in specialized fields and to contribute to the advancement of knowledge and new truths through scholarly research and inquiry;
Advance the intellectual, cultural, and economic life of the state and region;
Sustain an atmosphere of collegiality and trust in which matters of policy and procedural change are recognized as the mutual province of faculty, students, and administration;
Provide an environment and support services that will help members of the University achieve their educational goals and enhance their social and learning development, and that will further serve as a source of pride to the University, the alumni, the community, and the state;
Strengthen and maintain a viable comprehensive planning, management and evaluation system in order to facilitate effective decision-making, resource allocation and utilization, fiscal accountability and program review, and evaluation;
Secure the financial resources necessary to carry out the mission and goals of the institution;
occupational interests and levels of potential for achievement;
Provide appropriate encouragement and recognition of each member of the University community who contributes to the fulfillment of the University's goals;
Provide curricula and other services to respond to the demands of a dynamic, democratic society;
Maintain class sizes small enough to promote active student participation and a close working relationship between students and faculty.
