board of governors' mission statement

The mission of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education is to provide an excellent, efficient, accessible and affordable system of higher education designed to improve the overall educational attainment of Rhode Islanders and thereby enrich the intellectual, economic, social and cultural life of the state, its residents, and its communities.

To fulfill this mission, the Board of Governorsadopts and monitors policies to strengthen the quality of the public institutions of higher education and produce a system of higher education that:

• Offers the highest quality academic programs from the community college through the graduate and professional school levels.
• Establishes high standards for student academic success and ensures that support services are in place to help students meet those standards and earn degrees,
• Provides multiple points of entry into a higher education system free of discrimination for students of all ages and backgrounds,
• Works to keep the price affordable and to make sufficient financial aid available to support students with financial need as they move toward achieving degrees,
• Establishes a clear, distinct mission statement for each of the three institutions with the goal of minimizing duplication and maximizing efficiency.
• Advances the cohesiveness and interdependency of the system,
• Provides residents with life-long learning opportunities to update their skills and knowledge continuously as they cope with rapidly changing living and work environments,
• Provides opportunities for cultural enrichment to add enjoyment to lives,
• Supports research that creates new knowledge and promotes economic development,
• Develops links with the state's system of pre-K-12 education to ensure an integrated system of higher education that prepares quality teachers and ensures that K-12 students are properly prepared to succeed at college-level work.
• Fosters cooperation with the independent institutions of higher education,
• Encourages cooperative ventures with other education and training sectors and with institutions of higher education around the world.

 

 

 

 

 

Last updated August 10, 2004