Georgia Gwinnett College - Archived Mission Statement
This mission statement was superseded October 2006. Current mission statement
The state college in Gwinnett meets the associate-degree-level and targeted baccalaureate-degree-level program needs in the northeast Atlanta metropolitan area. The state college provides access to higher education and undergraduate degrees that meet the economic development needs of the region.
A true twenty-first century higher education institution, the college is a leader in the use of instructional technology and other innovative educational methods and in the assessment of student learning to enhance education. With teaching as the major responsibility of each faculty member, students regularly interact with faculty advisors. Designated by the Board of Regents as a University System of Georgia institution with a principal responsibility for developing innovative approaches to achieving a higher education, the college also models in Georgia national programs aimed at students who must attend college on a nontraditional schedule. In addition, the college serves as a unit of the University System that is focused by design on highly efficient approaches to student and administrative services.
With the above mission in mind, the state college in Gwinnett will:
- Blend the best of classroom and distance education instruction in all programs at all levels.
- Become a national leader in hybrid, online, and other innovative instructional strategies. These instructional strategies will be built into the curriculum in all programs.
- Assess student learning in each program from the beginning.
- Meet a substantial portion of selected local workforce needs in its baccalaureate programs.
- Privatize and outsource support services for maximum efficiency and effectiveness.
- Design the curriculum in all programs to produce graduates who can work successfully in a high-tech world.
- Concentrate on its core instructional mission in its initial phases of operation, which means that intercollegiate athletics, residence halls, fraternities and sororities, and on-campus physical and mental health care will not be provided.