THE SERVICE OF FAITH AND THE PROMOTION OF JUSTICE

As a Catholic university blessed by the collaboration of individuals of all faiths, the University reaffirms its commitment to the twin goals of contemporary Jesuit education: the service of faith and the promotion of justice.

THE ENVIRONMENT FOR LEARNING

As a manifestation of its care for the whole person (cura personalis), the University will create an environment that supports the development of its students and that fosters in its students habits of excellence in learning and in living.

FACULTY

In the spirit of the magis, the University will address impediments and provide resources necessary for its faculty to continue to improve the quality of the learning experience in the traditional sense and in the light of emerging instructional techniques and technologies.

DIVERSITY & GLOBALIZATION

In fulfillment of its mission as a Catholic and Jesuit institution, The University of Scranton will create a campus environment that embraces ethnic and racial diversity and actively fosters within its students, faculty and staff an understanding of and appreciation and respect for cultures other than their own.

THE UNIVERSITY AND THE COMMUNITY

The University of Scranton will continue to use its expertise and resources to meet the critical needs of the region it calls home. The University also will continue to recognize and utilize the strengths and the resources that the region affords to its educational mission. As a Jesuit institution, the University embraces its obligation to educate its students in civic responsibility.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The University will ensure that its physical and financial resources are prudently applied to meet its needs and aspirations.  It will address economic and financial questions in light of strategic goals that are tempered by the University's historic mission and by its sensitivity to the sacrifices made by students and families.

ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

The University will develop and implement enrollment management strategies that support its desire to seek and retain undergraduate, graduate and non-traditional students of character and promise to share fully in the academic enterprise.

TECHNOLOGY

The University will embrace technology as a means of enhancing the effectiveness of operations and as an integral support for the scholarship and learning that are fundamental to its nature as a university.

GOVERNANCE

The University will remain graced with collaboration in the pursuit of its mission.  It will ensure that its governance structures encourage an understanding of and an involvement in its strategic vision.

PUBLIC IMAGE

The University will proclaim its story boldly and with a confidence commensurate with the remarkable achievements of the University community.