Identifying Institutional Priorities
February 5, 2007
Goal
Identify common themes that have emerged as priorities in recent planning efforts.
Questions to Consider in Your Discussion
• How do recent planning efforts (particularly academic planning) sharpen the focus of areas for investment identified in Charting the Future?
• How can we invest in areas where we have viable potential to become a state, national or international leader and for which there is significant demand or need?
• How do we recapture and celebrate our central and historic mission?
• How do the priorities your workgroup identifies affect academic programs? Faculty and staff? Students? Facilities?
• How urgent are the priorities your workgroup identifies?
University Mission Statement
The University of Northern Colorado shall be a comprehensive baccalaureate and specialized graduate research university with selective admission standards. The University shall offer a comprehensive array of baccalaureate programs and master’s and doctoral degrees primarily in the field of education. The University of Northern Colorado has statewide authority to offer graduate programs for the preparation of educational personnel.
University Vision Statement
The University of Northern Colorado strives to be a leading student-centered university that promotes effective teaching, lifelong learning, the advancement of knowledge, research, and a commitment to service. Graduates are educated in the Liberal Arts and professionally prepared to live and contribute effectively in a rapidly changing, technologically advanced society.
Areas for Investment Identified in Charting the Future
• Students
• Faculty and Staff
• Instruction, Research and Creative Scholarship
• Instructional Equipment
• Extended Studies
• Technology
• University Advancement