EDUCATION GOALS

• To develop, recruit, and retain a faculty that is distinguished in teaching, research and service at the local, state, national and international levels.
• To provide students with professional options that prepare them to assume leadership roles in a scientific and technological society.
• To provide student with programmatic options that prepare them to qualify for contemporary and emerging job opportunities.
• To create a cadre of intellectually capable citizens with personal tastes, habits and attitudes compatible with the goals of a democratic society.
• To provide graduates a wide range of educational and cultural experiences that enable effective participation in a broad society
• To ensure that our graduates exit with competencies that enable them to be successful
• To strengthen student recruitment and retention in our target markets.