What purpose is served by the mission statements?
One of the goals of the assessment and outcomes process is to create a more coherent educational package for students. To craft a coherent whole will require many voices, often across many disciplines, sometimes working in what appear to be disparate areas. Mission statements allow us to articulate not only what we hope to accomplish at the larger program level, but what we contribute to the whole within areas and disciplines. The purpose is not only to identify our connectedness to those who are working towards the same ends, but to affirm our unique contribution to that end. Mission statements also provide an expectation against which to develop and evaluate outcomes and assessments.
