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UHV's
Mission Statement
The University of Houston-Victoria (UHV) is a dynamic destination
university in the Coastal Bend Region of Texas.
UHV serves the educational
needs, promotes the economic well-being, and advances the quality of
life for the university and community through teaching, research,
and service excellence.
As a separately accredited university in the University of Houston
System, UHV is dedicated to providing students with educational and
leadership opportunities that empower them to be successful 21st
century professionals and citizens in the global economy.
UHV offers undergraduate and
graduate degrees in four schools:
Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education and
Human Development, and Nursing. Fully-online programs complement
face-to-face programs and allow convenient access for UHV’s
traditional and non-traditional students. UHV also serves transfer
students through articulation agreements with community colleges.
Civic engagement and service learning provide students the
opportunity to make meaningful connections between their classroom
experiences and their lives in an ever-changing and increasingly
complex world. UHV
enriches the region by offering economic development, life-long
learning, outreach and special events, athletics and cultural
experiences for the community.
University Functional Goals
Goal 1: Teaching and Learning
UHV will provide high-quality instruction and learning support in
selected degree programs, with emphasis upon outreach,
collaboration, and responsiveness to the needs of place-bound
students.
Goal 2: Research and Scholarly Activities
UHV will contribute through research and scholarly activities to the
advancement of knowledge in academic fields of inquiry, in teaching
and learning, and in professional communities--commensurate with
UHV’s mission as a teaching institution.
Goal 3: Public Service and Partnerships
UHV will help to serve the regional community’s need for access to
information resources, professional expertise, and continuing
non-credit education; it will collaborate with other educational,
entrepreneurial, governmental, and non-profit entities in promoting
the educational, economic, and cultural development of the region.
Goal 4: Enrollment Management and Student Services
UHV will optimally shape the size and characteristics of the student
body consistent with conducive access, educational effectiveness,
operational efficiency, and provision of responsive services.
Goal 5: Financial and Administrative Support Services
UHV will demonstrate efficient and accountable stewardship of
fiscal, human, and physical resources in its efforts to meet
educational needs, to comply with oversight authorities, and to
maintain public trust.
Goal 6: Institutional Advancement
UHV will complement public support of the institution with private
support; will provide accurate and timely information to
institutional constituencies; and will maintain positive visibility
within the regional and alumni communities.
Goal 7: Planning, Assessment, and Development
UHV will maintain systematic processes for planning and budgeting,
for institutional and employee assessment, and for professional
development--with the intention of ensuring competitiveness, of
improving effectiveness, and of complying with the mandates of the
UH System, state legislature, Coordinating Board, and regional
accrediting association.
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