Values

• Academic excellence & integrity
• Outstanding teaching and service
• Scholarly research and professional leadership
• Integration of teaching, research and service
• Individual and collective excellence
• Diversity, equality and social justice
• Education of individuals across the life span
• Collegiality & collaboration
• Inspiring learning
• Broadening perspectives
• Responding to community needs
• Achieving goals
• Transforming lives
• Celebrating achievement

BELIEFS:

• A literate and educated citizenry is vital to a democratic society.
• All people are entitled to a high-quality education, grounded in sensitivity to individual dignity, professional integrity and a positive and nurturing environment.
• A dynamic education system fosters an equitable, productive economy in a global environment.
• Teaching and learning should be informed by scholarly research and effective practice.
• Educational improvement should be based on sound research, the application of theory as it relates to effective practice, policy development and collaboration with practitioners.
• Technology should be used to improve the quality of teaching and learning, research and scholarship and outreach to the state, nation and the world.
• Interdisciplinary programs should be used to enhance human learning, growth and development across the life span.