As part of the CQI process, the University began to develop a very short (one-sentence) mission statement, together with a statement of institutional values and a vision statement suggesting where it wished to be in five years. The first drafts of these documents were developed during the August 1993 Chancellor's Administrative Retreat (see self-study library for minutes of the Chancellor's Retreat). The retreat was attended by many University administrators, several members of the board of trustees, several members of the board of visitors, and several faculty representatives. The draft statements are scheduled to be circulated throughout the University to student, staff, and faculty groups for suggestions and revisions (see self-study library for draft statements).
North Carolina State University, a center for advanced learning and research in the land-grant tradition, develops the potential of students, encourages the work of scholars, and enhances the quality of life in North Carolina and the larger community through education, inquiry, and dissemination of knowledge.As this self-study is written, it is possible to make only preliminary appraisals of the inclusiveness and consistency of the CQI mission statements, with its accompanying vision and values statements. First, although the drafting group did not include a broad representation of faculty, the final version of the short mission, vision, and values statements may nonetheless reflect a broadly inclusive process because suggestions and revisions are scheduled to be solicited from all University groups. Second, the final results seem likely to be consistent with the official, 1989-90 Mission Statement. The draft one-sentence mission statement seems a condensation of the University's longer, official statement, and the developing vision statement also seems to be consistent with, and even driven by, the official Mission Statement.
