General Information | Mission Statement

SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL MISSION STATEMENT*

UNIVERSITY MISSION

Sam Houston State University is a multicultural institution whose mission is to provide excellence by continually improving quality education, scholarship, and service to its students and to appropriate regional, state, national, and international constituencies.

UNIVERSITY GOALS

• Promote students’ intellectual, social, and leadership growth.
• Recruit and retain qualified, dedicated faculty and support staff.
• Recruit and retain qualified, motivated students.
• Provide the necessary library and other facilities to support quality instruction, research, and public service.
• Provide an educational environment that encourages systematic inquiry and research.
• Promote and support diversity and provide for equitable opportunities for minorities.
• Offer a wide range of academic studies in preprofessional, baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral programs.
• Collaborate with other universities, institutions, and constituencies.
• Provide instructional research and public service through distance learning and technology.

*The Mission Statement for Sam Houston State University was approved, during the four-year cycle, by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, January 25, 2001.

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