Chicago State University

  United States

University Attributes: Chicago State University, a public, comprehensive, urban institution of higher learning located on the south side of Chicago, strives for excellence in teaching, research, creative expression, and community service.

The mission of the university is to:
1) provide access to higher education for residents of the region, the state and beyond, with an emphasis on meeting the educational needs of promising graduates from outstanding secondary schools as well as educating students where academic and personal growth potential and promise may have been inhibited by lack of economic, social, or educational opportunity and
2) produce graduates who are responsible, discerning and informed global citizens with a commitment to lifelong learning and service.

Chicago State University is a comprehensive, metropolitan, communiversity committed to its evolution as a center of academic excellence and aspires to be a doctoral granting institution of higher learning. The university is dedicated to maintaining a culturally diverse community of scholars engaged in the collaborative creation and dissemination of knowledge.

Placing its students first, CSU prepares its graduates to meet the challenges of the 21st century. By the year 2010:
* All faculty and students will be actively engaged in research, scholarship and creative expression.
* The university community will measure its success by what its students learn or the educational value it adds to the lives of its students.
* The university will be fiscally credible, responsible in all its operations, expand its revenue sources and enhance its endowment.
* The university will maintain and expand its physical facilities and infrastructure as well as technologies to support its teaching, learning and research goals.
* The university will actively engage its internal community and external constituencies in its economic development interests and community engagement projects.
* The university will use its athletic program as a means of achieving greater visibility and a positive image as well as enhancing recruitment and fund- raising initiatives.
* The university's academic programs will emphasize majors in business, healthcare, education, scientific and technological areas while continuing to provide strong and rigorous programs in the liberal arts, humanities and the social sciences.
* All members of the university community will adhere to the CSU community Code of Excellence.
* The university will provide a strong cultural and intellectual climate and will enhance the quality of student life through an array of activities and services.
* The university will expand strategies for recruiting, retaining and advancing highly qualified faculty, students, staff, administrators and alumni in order to achieve its mission.