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ahe missionAHE Mission
The mission of the Department of Adult and Higher Education is to advance the scholarship, research, and practice of adult and higher education with a commitment to the preparation of professional practitioners, scholars, and researchers.
- In pursuit of our mission, we seek to make significant contributions to educational and social change through work that is collaborative, collegial, and ethical. We are committed to educational equity that supports access and diversity, as well as to personal, community-based, and organizational development through formal and informal education.
- In our teaching, we emphasize critical thinking and reflection, interdisciplinary perspectives, and theoretically and empirically based knowledge. We strive for instructional excellence through the use of adult learning principles and collaborative learning environments in both traditional and distance delivery of courses and programs.
- In our research, we value diverse methodological approaches and perspectives and the investigation of problems with national and international significance. We foster high quality, rigorous research, and the dissemination of new understandings and best practices.
- In our service, we pursue social and organizational change, educational improvement initiatives for our communities and the state, as well as leadership development for community colleges and other adult and higher education professionals.
April 2, 2004/March 21, 2008
