MGT OF AMERICA, INC. FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY March 1, 2013
2 SACS Guidelines for s Taken from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges "Because the statement describes what the institution does, it is the foundation for planning and assessment processes. These processes validate that the institution does what it claims and evaluates how well it fulfills its mission statement. The mission statement thus provides the basis and context for evaluating institutional effectiveness." 3.1.1 The mission statement is current and comprehensive, accurately guides the institution s operations, is periodically reviewed and up-dated, is approved by the governing board, and is communicated to the institution s constituencies. (Mission) Rationale and Notes The mission statement is comprehensive, addressing all aspects of institutional function and actively guides the institution. It is important that the institutional mission statement be formally adopted, published, implemented, and made available to all the constituencies of the institution and to the general public. Because the statement describes what the institution does, it is the foundation for planning and assessment processes. These processes validate that the institution does what it claims and evaluates how well it fulfills its mission statement. The mission statement thus provides the basis and context for evaluating institutional effectiveness. The standard assumes a uniform publication of the mission statement. The institution s governing board formally approves and periodically reviews the institu-tion s mission statement. The board, in its review, reaffirms the mission statement, whether or not changes are made, thereby maintaining a cognizance of previously agreed-upon scope of institutional activities and ensuring that institutional policies, procedures, and activities remain compatible with and included in the mission statement. Likewise, the institutional mission statement guides the board, the administration, and the faculty in its deliberations and policy-making decisions in order to encourage coherence, consistency, and congruence in institutional direction. Relevant Questions for Consideration How does the institution show that its mission statement clearly communicates the es- sence of the institution, its distinctiveness or unique characteristics, its major educational components, and its primary constituencies? How are the educational programs, research, and services consistent with the mission of the institution? In what ways does the mission statement guide the directions, decisions, activities, policies, and procedures of the institution? What evidence exists of a clear linkage between the institutional mission statement and all major aspects of institutional function, including assessment? What evidence shows that the mission statement has been approved formally and reviewed periodically by the institution s governing board? How does the institution communicate its mission statement in a consistent manner to its constituencies? How does the mission statement guide decisions of the institution? Provide examples? Documentation Required Documentation, if applicable Mission statement and examples of how it is disseminated Documentation of most recent mission review and approval Examples of other Types of Documentation Governing board minutes documenting periodic review and approval of the mission statement and resulting changes made to the statement, when appropriate Examples of how the mission statement guides the activities and decisions of the institution Schedule of periodic review
3 Potential s from Trustees s Submitted by Trustees 1. Florida Polytechnic University: a world-class STEM-focused academic institution that meets the needs of Florida and the nation for graduates able to address the challenges and opportunities afforded by emerging 21st Century science and technology. 2. Florida Polytechnic University s mission is to cultivate a learning environment in which new concepts and creativity flourish and from which exploration, learning, and the leaders and innovators of our future develop in collaboration with our industry partners. 3. Florida Polytechnic University s mission is to educate academically-focused students by developing dynamic, interactive programs and applied research that responds to the emerging demands of business, industry and society. The university provides an innovative, technology-rich, interdisciplinary learning environment with an emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and collaborates with industry partners to provide our students with opportunities to creatively solve real world problems. FPU produces graduates who are highly marketable and prepared to successfully assume positions of leadership in the ever-changing technological landscape in Florida and around the world. 4. Florida Polytechnic University s mission is to, through curriculum and innovation, steer graduates toward high-tech, high-skill, highwage jobs that help revitalize and modernize Florida s economy. 5. Florida Polytechnic University s mission is to build a world-class STEM-focused academic institution that graduates students who are highly marketable and able to address the challenges and opportunities afforded by emerging 21st Century science and technology. The university provides an innovative, technology-rich, interdisciplinary learning environment with an emphasis on technology and collaborates with industry partners to provide students with opportunities to creatively solve real world problems. 6. Florida Polytechnic University s entire vision and mission is to provide a laboratory and classroom setting that incubates the precise balance of engineering proficiency combined with entrepreneurial knowledge that feeds the global industries and sciences which are critical to our future. 7. Florida Polytechnic University s mission is to be an educational Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) resource vessel, available to all students as a matrix of technological challenge; moreover, not limited to any single entity of engineering innovation or to be restricted from established Global competitiveness. The University s commitment, forged with STEM philosophy as a counterpart for enhancement of sustainability, remains committed to the balance of engineering proficiency and entrepreneurial knowledge, which feeds the Global industries and Sciences critical to future resolve.
4 Proposed Florida Polytechnic Florida Polytechnic University s mission is to educate academically-focused students through dynamic, interactive programs and involvement in state-of-theart applied research that respond to the emerging demands of business, industry, and society. The university provides an innovative, technology-rich, interdisciplinary learning environment with an emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and collaborates with industry partners to offer our students opportunities to creatively solve real world problems. Florida Polytechnic produces graduates who are highly marketable and prepared to successfully assume positions of leadership in the ever-changing technological landscape in Florida, the nation, and throughout the world.
5 SUS s Institution Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Florida Atlantic University Florida Gulf Coast University The mission of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), as an 1890 land-grant institution, is to provide an enlightened and enriched academic, intellectual, moral, cultural, ethical, technological and student-centered environment, conducive to the development of highly qualified individuals who are prepared and capable of serving as leaders and contributors in our ever-evolving society. The University seeks and supports a faculty and staff of distinction dedicated to providing outstanding academic preparation at the undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and professional school levels, with a particular emphasis on integrity and ethical conduct. FAMU is committed to inspirational teaching, exemplary research and meaningful public and community service through creative partnerships at the local, state, national and global levels. The University is also committed to the resolution of complex issues that will enhance humankind. While the University continues its historic mission of educating African Americans, persons of all races, ethnic origins and nationalities are welcomed and encouraged to remain life-long members of the university community. The University, through its diverse faculty and staff, provides a caring, nurturing, collegial and respectful environment. Florida Atlantic University is a public research university with multiple campuses along the southeast Florida coast serving a uniquely diverse community. It promotes academic and personal development, discovery, and lifelong learning. FAU fulfills its mission through excellence and innovation in teaching, outstanding research and creative activities, public engagement and distinctive scientific and cultural alliances, all within an environment that fosters inclusiveness. Established on the verge of the 21st century, Florida Gulf Coast University infuses the strengths of the traditional public university with innovation and learning-centered spirit, its chief aim being to fulfill the academic, cultural, social, and career expectations of its constituents. Outstanding faculty uphold challenging academic standards and balance research, scholarly activities, and service expectations with their central responsibilities of teaching and mentoring. Working together, faculty and staff of the University transform students lives and the southwest Florida region. Florida Gulf Coast University continuously pursues academic excellence, practices and promotes environmental sustainability, embraces diversity, nurtures community partnerships, values public service, encourages civic responsibility, cultivates habits of lifelong learning, and keeps the advancement of knowledge and pursuit of truth as noble ideals at the heart of the university s purpose. Florida International University Florida International University is an urban, multi-campus, public research university serving its students and the diverse population of South Florida. We are committed to high-quality teaching, state-of-the-art research and creative activity, and collaborative engagement with our local and global communities.
SUS s (continued) Institution Florida State University New College of Florida Florida State University preserves, expands, and disseminates knowledge in the sciences, technology, arts, humanities, and professions, while embracing a philosophy of learning strongly rooted in the traditions of the liberal arts. The University is dedicated to excellence in teaching, research, creative endeavors, and service. The University strives to instill the strength, skill, and character essential for lifelong learning, personal responsibility, and sustained achievement within a community that fosters free inquiry and embraces diversity. To offer an undergraduate liberal arts education of the highest quality in the context of a small, residential public honors college with a distinctive academic program which develops the student's intellectual and personal potential as fully as possible; encourages the discovery of new knowledge and values while providing opportunities to acquire established knowledge and values; and fosters the individual's effective relationship with society. University of Central Florida University of Florida The University of Central Florida is a public multi-campus, metropolitan research university that stands for opportunity. The university anchors the Central Florida city-state in meeting its economic, cultural, intellectual, environmental, and societal needs by providing high-quality, broadbased education and experienced-based learning; pioneering scholarship and impactful research; enriched student development and leadership growth; and highly relevant continuing education and public service initiatives that address pressing local, state, national, and international issues in support of the global community. The University of Florida is a public land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant research university, one of the most comprehensive in the United States. The university encompasses virtually all academic and professional disciplines. It is the largest and oldest of Florida's eleven universities, a member of the Association of American Universities and has high national rankings by academic assessment institutions. Its faculty and staff are dedicated to the common pursuit of the university's threefold mission: teaching, research and service. The University of Florida belongs to a tradition of great universities. Together with its undergraduate and graduate students, UF faculty participate in an educational process that links the history of Western Europe with the traditions and cultures of all societies, explores the physical and biological universes and nurtures generations of young people from diverse backgrounds to address the needs of the world's societies. The university welcomes the full exploration of its intellectual boundaries and supports its faculty and students in the creation of new knowledge and the pursuit of new ideas. Teaching is a fundamental purpose of this university at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Research and scholarship are integral to the educational process and to the expansion of our understanding of the natural world, the intellect and the senses. Service reflects the university's obligation to share the benefits of its research and knowledge for the public good. The university serves the nation's and the state's critical needs by contributing to a well-qualified and broadly diverse citizenry, leadership and workforce. The University of Florida must create the broadly diverse environment necessary to foster multi-cultural skills and perspectives in its teaching and research for its students to contribute and succeed in the world of the 21st century. These three interlocking elements teaching, research and scholarship, and service span all the university's academic disciplines and represent the university's commitment to lead and serve the state of Florida, the nation and the world by pursuing and disseminating new knowledge while building upon the experiences of the past. The university aspires to advance by strengthening the human condition and improving the quality of life. 6
7 SUS s (continued) Institution University of North Florida University of South Florida The University of North Florida fosters the intellectual and cultural growth and civic awareness of its students, preparing them to make significant contributions to their communities in the region and beyond. At UNF, students and faculty engage together and individually in the discovery and application of knowledge. UNF faculty and staff maintain an unreserved commitment to student success within a diverse, supportive campus culture. The University of South Florida is a multi-campus national research university that supports the development of the metropolitan Tampa Bay Region, Florida, the United States and the world. Building upon unique strengths inherent in Florida s population, location, and natural resources, the university is dedicated to excellence in: teaching and lifelong learning in a student-centered environment; research to advance knowledge and promote social, cultural, economic, educational, health, and technological development; service based on academic excellence and the ethic of community responsibility; and community engagement to build university-community partnerships and collaborations University of West Florida The University of West Florida (UWF) is a public university based in Northwest Florida with multiple instructional sites and a strong virtual presence. UWF's mission is to provide students with access to high-quality, relevant, and affordable undergraduate and graduate learning experiences; to transmit, apply, and discover knowledge through teaching, scholarship, research, and public service; and to engage in community partnerships that respond to mutual concerns and opportunities and that advance the economy and quality of life in the region. UWF is committed to planning and investing strategically to enhance student access and educational attainment; to build on existing strengths and develop distinctive academic and research programs and services that respond to identified regional and state needs; and to support highly qualified faculty and staff who engage students in rigorous, high-impact, student-oriented learning experiences that enhance personal and professional development and empower alumni to contribute responsibly and creatively to a complex 21st Century global society.
8 Private Florida Institution s Institution Florida Institute of Technology With our focus on student success, Florida Institute of Technology s mission is to provide high-quality educational experiences to a culturally diverse student body in order to prepare them for entering the global workforce, seeking higher-education opportunities and serving within their communities. The university also seeks to further knowledge through basic and applied research and to serve the diverse economic, cultural and societal needs of our local, state, national and international constituencies. In support of this mission, we are committed to: Fostering and sustaining a productive institutional culture of assessment leading to the continuous improvement of academic and administrative programs in order to promote student development; Developing an organizational culture that values and encourages intellectual curiosity, a sense of belonging and shared purpose among faculty, students and staff, and pursuit of excellence in all endeavors; Recruiting and developing faculty who are internationally recognized as educators, scholars and researchers; Achieving recognition as an effective, innovative, technology-focused educational and research institution; Recruiting and retaining an excellent, highly selective and culturally diverse student body; Continually improving the quality of campus life for members of the university community; Providing personal and career growth opportunities for both traditional and nontraditional students and members of the faculty and staff, including those who avail themselves of Florida Tech University Online; Securing and maintaining professional accreditation for all appropriate programs. Full Sail University Full Sail s mission is to provide students with an innovative style of education, delivered by a staff of dedicated individuals, that addresses the career opportunities available in an ever-growing, constantly evolving industry. We do this by developing unique curricula that combine elements of creativity, art, business and life skills, technical prowess, and academic achievement. Our education is delivered via immersive teaching methods, both in Full Sail s real world production studios and classrooms, as well as through our online learning environment. Every one of our degree programs is designed to provide students with knowledge and real world experience that will help them realize their career goals in the entertainment and media industry.