Resources: Criterion 1.
The institution has clear and publicly stated purposes consistent with its mission and appropriate to an institution of higher education.
University of Nebraska at Kearney Mission Statement
In determining appropriate patterns of evidence for this criterion, the Commission considers evidence such as: long- and short-range institutional and educational goals;
- processes, involving its constituencies, through which the institution evaluates its purposes;
- decision-making processes that are appropriate to its stated mission and purposes;
- understanding of the stated purposes by institutional constituencies;
- efforts to keep the public informed of its institutional and educational goals through documents such as the catalog and program brochures;
Undergradute Catalog,
2000-2002
Undergradute Catalog, 1998-2000
Undergradute Catalog,
1996-1998
Undergradute
Catalog, 1994-1996
Graduate Catalog
College of Business and Technology
Accounting
and Finance
Business Administration/Business
Education
Economics
Family and Consumer Sciences
Industrial Technology
Management & Marketing
College of Education
Communication
Disorders
Counseling and School Psychology
Educational Administration (Now part of Department of Teacher Education)
Elementary/Early Childhood Education (Now part of Department of Teacher Education)
Health, Physical Education, Recreation
and Leisure Studies
Professional Teacher Education (Now part of Department of Teacher Education)
Special Education (Now part of Department of Teacher Education)
- support for freedom of inquiry for faculty and students;
- institutional commitment to excellence in both the teaching provided by faculty and the learning expected of students.