Mission
Schreiner University, a liberal arts institution affiliated by
choice and covenant with the Presbyterian Church (USA), is committed
to educating students holistically. Primarily undergraduate, the
university offers a personalized, integrated education that prepares
its students for meaningful work and purposeful lives in a changing
global society.
Vision
Schreiner University will always hold student success as its first
priority. The university will be known for its academic rigor; it
will continue to be an institution of opportunity where students
from a variety of backgrounds and experiences learn through
educational programs equipping them to achieve, excel, and lead. The
university aspires to serve as a standard to others in programs and
practices.
Values
Schreiner University
• holds sacred the Christian convictions that each student is
valuable and unique and that the university’s purpose is to enable
every student to grow intellectually, physically and spiritually.
• values diversity of people and thought in a setting of open, civil
discourse.
• embraces life-long learning and service to society as critical
traits in a world whose community is global.
• believes that higher education is instrumental in developing
thoughtful, productive, and ethical citizens.
• believes that the values that inform our relationships with our
students should also inform our relationships with one another.
Goals
Support, promote, and initiate curricular and co-curricular programs
which instill a culture of demonstrable excellence within a diverse
community of scholars.
Foster internal conditions and relationships and expand external
partnerships with professional, service, and church-related
communities to further the university’s strategic vision.
Develop and be effective stewards of Schreiner’s resources to
achieve the educational mission of the university.
Application of Current Lead Objectives to Proposed
Institutional Goals
Support, promote, and initiate curricular and co-curricular programs
which instill a culture of demonstrable excellence within a diverse
community of scholars.
1. Build academic program offerings to meet student needs.
2. Maintain a 13:1 student to full-time instructional faculty ratio.
3. Encourage the scholarly development of faculty and students.
4. Build a successful athletic program.
5. Build diverse/holistic co-curricular programs.
6. Track graduates and assist them in finding employment
opportunities and continuing their education.
Foster internal relationships and conditions and expand external
partnerships with professional, service, and church-related
communities to further the university’s strategic vision.
1. Increase average faculty salaries to at least the median of our
peer institutions’.
2. Continue incorporating technology into the campus community.
3. Increase enrollment to 1200 headcount by 2010.
4. Review the university’s Comprehensive Marketing Plan, making
changes necessary to ensure timely progress toward reaching the
university’s strategic goals.
5. Enhance current and create new partnerships within the community.
6. Increase and maintain staff salaries to be competitive in the
Hill Country job market and peer institutions.
Develop and be effective stewards of Schreiner’s resources to
achieve the educational mission of the university.
1. Build endowment.
2. Meet goal for operating funds raised annually.
3. Increase the university’s efforts in obtaining government funded
grants
4. Increase contactable donor and alumni database.
5. Create annual budgets incorporating best practices of peer
institutions.
6. Continue funding and construction of new buildings based on
institutional priorities.
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