Devoted to constant improvement, the University assesses its performance by evaluating its stewardship of resources, responsiveness to area needs, involvement with its community, the response of the public it serves, and, most importantly, the success of the students it educates.

1. To provide students with a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences.
   
   
2. To offer a broad array of undergraduate programs and a select offering of graduate programs below the doctoral level.
   
   
3. To provide access to higher education for both those that are fully ready for college and those who are under-prepared but show potential, and to those seeking the kind of academic challenge normally associated with elite, private institutions.
   
   
4. To foster intellectual growth through learning assistance, honors courses, and student research.
   
   
5. To promote electronic information technologies and link students with the world community of knowledge.
   
   
6. To provide undergraduate general education courses for MCG, prepare students to enter programs at MCG, and educate others to work in the medical field.
   
   
7. To provide training for the area's teachers and business leaders.
   
   
8. To enrich the community culturally, to improve economic and social conditions in the area, and to promote personal and professional development for area citizens.
   
   
9. To develop and maintain an intellectually vital faculty who are excellent in teaching, active in research, generous in service, and committed to the mission of the university.
   
   
10. To have the faculty, staff, curriculum, and programs reflect the increasing diversity of the population and world from which the university's students come.