Universities’ Mission Statements










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4 Responses to Universities’ Mission Statements

  1. jyotirmoy

    Since you pointed out how one university is more community focused while the other prides on its achievement, do you think it is necessary, rather, mandatory for a university to be service oriented?

    • Khanh To

      I personally think universities should be there to help you be a more well-rounded person and service to the communities is one of those aspect, but I don’t know if it is wise for a university to have to be service oriented. Given that University of Minnesota is a land-grant university, I’m not surprised that the university is more community focused than the private one.

  2. anakok

    This is another post that shows how humble the public schools and how private schools put their prides in the first place. However, both parties should serve the community and aim for serving to diverse society.

  3. natalihuggins

    Hi, after reading the missions I found that both are extensive but very meaningful, so far these two mission are the ones that best resonate with me, for example the mission from the University of Minnesota besides well know academia and research activities mentioned outreach and public services as one of their main activities, I found this very powerful specially in this time where the impact of the universities, specially in their research activities it is difficult to determinate.
    From the Syracuse’s mission an aspect that caught my attention and you mentioned it is their pride related to their location and history, I think this is a unique aspect that not all the universities consider.

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