University Statements
Mission
Northwest Missouri State University is a learning-centered community of scholars offering undergraduate and selected graduate programs. The University is committed to preparing broadly-educated and engaged citizens for a world of constant change, applying information technology to improve learning processes and promoting continu-ous improvement to enhance performance in all of its activities. Northwest seeks to expand access to learning and promote research designed to address the needs of our students and stakeholders.
Vision
Northwest Missouri State University will be an internationally recognized innovator in continuously improving higher education.
Cultural Core Values
- We focus on our students and stakeholders.
- We care about each other.
- We are a learning organization, continually improving our University and ourselves.
- We collaborate and work together to accomplish our goals.
- We master the details of what we do.
- We are open and ethical.
- We are leaders in our field.
Strategic Educational Key Quality Indicators
- Communications Competencies
- Critical/Creative Thinking Competencies
- Problem-Solving Competencies
- Computer Competencies
- Self-Directed Learning Competencies
- Competence in a Discipline
- Personal/Social Development
- Teamwork/Team Leading Competencies
- Multicultural Competencies
- Cultural Enrichment
Strategic Service Key Quality Indicators
- Treating you with respect, fairness, and honesty.
- Making you feel important and earning your trust.
- Performing our tasks with competence and skill.
- Giving you confidence in the quality of what we provide.
- Communicating clearly and courteously the services provided.
- Making it easy for you to know what you can expect.
- Listening actively to your requests, comments, and concerns.
- Making it easy for you to tell us what you need.
- Being flexible and open to new ideas.
- Accepting you and valuing your knowledge.
- Providing what we agree to deliver in a timely manner.
- Enabling you to depend on us to help meet your goals.
- Maintaining a safe and orderly, healthy, well-functioning, and attractive campus.
- Providing you with a pleasant environment in which to learn and work.
Strategic Enrollment Key Quality Indicators
- We will continue to expand our primary catchment area with a special focus on Kansas City.
- We will continue to recruit an expanding number of traditional students who meet our moderately selective admissions standards.
- We will identify and recruit Missouri's academically high performing sophomore high school students for admittance to the Missouri Academy of Science, Mathematics, and Computing.
- We will emphasize diversity in our applicant pool by making special efforts to attract minorities, international students, and first-generation college applicants.
- We will serve place-bound learners through cooperative efforts with other post-secondary institutions and through Web-based offerings.
Strategic Financial Key Quality Indicators
- We will maintain sufficient E&G reserves to allow for internal borrowing and to cushion downturns in the economy.
- We will maintain sufficient auxiliary reserves to sustain a A3 bond rating.
- We will receive annually our share of state support relative to our in-state peers.
- Private support from the Northwest Foundation will increase relative to state support and tuition.
- We will competitively compensate our faculty and staff relative to our peers.
- We will strive to be a leader in efficiency among our peers as measured by the proportion of our budget expended for instruction.
- We will maintain the historic beauty of our campus and facilities through a systematic program of renovation and restoration.
Decision Drivers
- Enrollment
- Satisfaction (students, faculty and staff)
- Student Success
- Financial Performance