The University of Arizona NCA 2010 Accreditation

A message from The University of Arizona
President, Robert N. Shelton and Executive Vice President and Provost, Meredith Hay

http://nca2010.arizona.edu/presprovmsg.pdf

NCA Vision Statement

Our vision for NCA Accreditation 2010 sees accreditation as an opportunity for the University of Arizona to focus on enhancing the value and quality of its programs. Viewed this way, rather than as a matter of compliance, accreditation is a Process to set goals for the future, and establish the capacity to sustain the effort to achieve them.

We realize this vision by:

• Focusing on a clear assessment of current and past practices.
• Focusing on the future.
• Building on long-term UA strengths.
• Enhancing overall organizational structures in undergraduate and graduate education, research, and academic outreach.
• Recognizing that we live, learn, and work in an increasingly global environment of complex systems.
• Involving all those invested in the University, from students, staff, and faculty to stakeholders from our larger state and global communities.

Our look at ourselves will focus on identifying means to enhance articulations between these instruction, outreach, and research missions. We aim to bolster programmatic development and implementation by further facilitating our interdisciplinary and integrative means of engaging knowledge production and application with an increasingly complex set of social, economic, and scientific concerns.

Higher Learning Commission Mission Statement

Serving the common good by assuring and advancing the quality of higher learning

The University of Arizona Mission Statement

The Mission of The University of Arizona is to improve life for the people of Arizona and beyond through education, research, creative expression and community engagement.

The University of Arizona Five-Year Strategic Plan 2010 - 2014

Our strategic planning is guided by a shared commitment to three priorities:

Academic Excellence: To better meet the needs of the state, The University of Arizona is committed to becoming one of the 10 best public research universities in the United States.

Access and Success: An education at The University of Arizona must be accessible to all who are academically qualified, and it must prepare students for a productive future.

Quality of Life and Societal Impact: The University of Arizona serves as an engine of development and a source of inspiration that enriches individual lives and advances the collective well being of our society.