3 Our Mission The mission of Kutztown University is to provide affordable high-quality undergraduate, graduate, and lifelong learning opportunities that empower students of all ages for their intellectual, social, civic, and career endeavors. Our Vision Kutztown University aspires to be a regional center of excellence providing opportunities for advanced academic, cultural, and public service experiences, within a caring community, designed to promote success in a global society. Our Purpose Grounded in regional history and focused on innovative futures through the colleges of Business, Education, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts, Kutztown University: • offers a contemporary liberal arts education as the foundation for inspiring and challenging students to grow intellectually, professionally, ethically, civically, and socially; • provides support for students to reach their unique potential; • commits to access and diversity, drawing upon international, national, regional, and community partnerships to prepare new generations of global citizens; • values the life experiences of students, faculty, and staff to create a caring community on a beautiful campus; and • cultivates opportunities for students to engage the world and pursue meaningful lives and careers through collaboration, mentorship, and intentional working relationships. Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) consists of 10 state- owned universities serving more than 80,000 students. PASSHE is led by a 20-member Board of Governors that sets broad policy and direction for the system and the universities. Headed by a system chancellor, PASSHE’s executive offices provide advice and support to the Board of Governors and the universities. The president reports through the chancellor to the Board of Governors. In recent years, PASSHE has made transformative changes that have set it on a solid trajectory. While there is more work to do on every front, today PASSHE enjoys: • Improved financial stability • Improved enrollment trends • Improved student affordability due to undergraduate tuition frozen since 2018 • Improved relationships with elected leaders • Increased state investment. As a PASSHE university, KU has access to shared services and resources, opportunity for cross-collaboration with sister institutions, and increased financial support from the state — in the last few years alone, state funding for PASSHE universities increased approximately 30 percent. The Board of Governors establishes broad educational, fiscal, and personnel policy for the system. Among other tasks, the board appoints the chancellor and university presidents, approves new academic programs, sets tuition, and MISSION, VISION, AND PURPOSE PASSHE: PENNSYLVANIA’S STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
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