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UHV's
Mission Statement
The University of Houston-Victoria shares with all institutions of
higher education the universal mission of teaching, research, and
service. It shares with the other institutions of the University of
Houston System a special responsibility to serve educational needs,
to promote economic well being, and to advance the quality of life
in the region.
The university’s most distinctive
commitment is to make higher education accessible to able students
who might otherwise lack the opportunity. Its most compelling
commitment is to make the quality of education they receive
nonetheless competitive. The university emphasizes student
learning, related research, responsiveness to student needs, and
collaboration in the development and delivery of academic programs.
Outreach has characterized its mission and history.
The university is an upper-level and graduate institution with
selected bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in the Arts
and Sciences, Business Administration, and Education and Human
Development. In cooperation with community colleges, which offer
the first two years of instruction, the university provides an
opportunity for students to complete baccalaureate degrees. At both
the undergraduate and graduate levels, the
university admits only students whose records demonstrate successful
academic performance at the college level.
The university serves students on campus in Victoria and delivers
instruction to other communities in the area. In collaboration with
other UH System universities, it offers degree programs at teaching
centers in greater Houston. It provides extensive course offerings,
selected degree programs, learning support, and many student
services entirely online.
In addition to degree programs, the university extends educational,
informational, and cultural opportunities to the public through
library services, outreach
and professional
development programs, and a variety of special events.
In reaching out to students online and on site in multiple
communities, the University of Houston-Victoria is evolving beyond
location. But though its identity may have changed, its basic
mission remains the same: to provide able students, often with job
and family obligations, convenient access to higher education that
is affordable, credible, and relevant to their lives, their
communities, and their world.
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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