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Mission Statement
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The mission of The University of Texas System is to provide high-quality
educational opportunities for the enhancement of the human resources
of Texas, the nation, and the world through intellectual and personal
growth.
This comprehensive mission statement applies to the varied elements
and complexities of a large group of academic and health institutions.
Individually, these institutions have distinct missions, histories,
cultures, goals, programs, and challenges. Collectively, these institutions
share a common vision and a fundamental commitment to enhance the lives
of individuals and to advance a free society. Through one or more of
its individual institutions, The University of Texas System seeks:
- To provide superior, accessible, affordable instruction and learning
opportunities to undergraduate, graduate, and professional school
students from a wide range of social, ethnic, cultural, and economic
backgrounds, thereby preparing educated, productive citizens who can
meet the rigorous challenges of an increasingly diverse society and
an ever-changing global community;
- To cultivate in students the ethical and moral values that are the
basis of a humane social order;
- To engage in high-quality, innovative research that entails the
discovery, dissemination, and application of knowledge;
- To render service to the public that produces economic, technical,
social, cultural, and educational benefits through interactions with
individuals and with local, Texas, national, and international organizations
and communities;
- To provide excellent, affordable, and compassionate patient care
through hospitals and clinics that are of central importance to programs
of teaching, scholarship, research, and service associated with medicine
and related health sciences;
- To enrich and expand the appreciation and preservation of our civilization
through the arts, scholarly endeavors, and programs and events which
demonstrate the intellectual, physical, and performance skills and
accomplishments of individuals and groups;
- To serve as a leader of higher education in Texas and to encourage
the support and development of a superior, seamless system of education
from pre-kindergarten through advanced post-graduate programs,
and encompassing life-long learning and continuing education.
To accomplish its mission, The University of Texas System must:
- Attract and support serious and promising students from many cultures
who are dedicated to the pursuit of broad, general educational experiences,
in combination with the pursuit of areas of personal, professional,
or special interest;
- Acquire, retain, and nourish a high-quality, dedicated, diverse
faculty of competence, distinction, and uncompromising integrity;
- Recruit and appropriately recognize exemplary administrators and
staff members who provide leadership and support of the educational
enterprise in an energetic, creative, caring, and responsible manner.
- Create and sustain physical environments that enhance and complement
educational goals, including appropriate classrooms, libraries, laboratories,
hospitals, clinics, computer and advanced technological facilities,
as well as university centers, museums, performance facilities, athletic
spaces, and other resources consistent with institutional objectives;
- Encourage public and private-sector support of higher education
through interaction and involvement with alumni, elected officials,
civic, business, community and educational leaders, and the general
public.
See also:
Chronological
Dates in UT System History
What
is UT System?
Chancellor's Home Page
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