April 23, 2006 - Packet

Mission Initiative Committee Historical Timeline

The Mission Initiative Committee was established in December 2004.

Committee Activities

January, 2005

The committee met for the first time on January 28, 2005 and designed a strategy for revising CCRI’s mission statement. This strategy outlined an education process as well as a process for inclusion and transparency.

February, 2005

Co-Chair Warren, presented the committee’s strategy to Department Chairs (2/8/05).
An On-Line Survey was conducted and tabulated for the survey. 120 responses were tabulated (Results are available on line).

March, 2005

As transparency and inclusion remained a priority for the committee, a website was developed (http://www.ccri.edu/mission)
12 discussion forums were scheduled on all four campuses (60 participants). Notes recorded by committee members of the discussion are available on line. A power point presentation was developed and used for consistency across all discussion forums.

April, 2005

Three (3) Subcommittees were established to review data collected from Vision Initiative (2001), on-line survey and public forums.

May-June, 2005
July-August, 2005
September 1, 2005

Approximately 450 members of the college community participated in an evaluation of the most recent draft statements generated by the Mission Initiative Committee.

September-October 2005

Committee members reviewed the data and comments generated from Opening Day Activities and proceeded to redraft statements.

November 2005
December 2005

Presentation to Board of Governors postponed.

January 2006

1/3/06 – Informed the mission statement needs revision by Board of Higher Education

February 2006

2/24/06 – Co-Chairs met with President DiPasquale to determine next steps. Committee will be asked to reconvene and revise.

April 2006

4/10/06 – Co-Chairs attended an Accreditation Review Team Meeting. Mission Committee to meet on 4/13/06

Sample Statements

Mission of Monroe Community College
"The Mission of Monroe Community College is to provide a high quality learning environment to a diverse community. In offering education and training opportunities, student success is the College's highest priority; as such, the College is committed to access, teaching excellence, comprehensiveness, lifelong learning, partnership building and economic development." (49 Words)

(President DiPasquale 2/24/06)

URI Mission Statement - approved by Board of Governors for Higher Education 1/23/06
"The University of Rhode Island is the State’s public learner-centered research university. We are a community joined in a common quest for knowledge. The University is committed to enriching the lives of its students through its and, sea and urban grant traditions. URI is the only public institution in Rhode Island offering undergraduate, graduate and professional students the distinctive educational opportunities of a major research university. Our undergraduate, graduate and professional education, research and outreach serve Rhode Island and beyond. Students, faculty, staff and alumni are united in one common purpose: to learn and lead together. Embracing Rhode Island’s heritage of independent thought, we value:
  • Creativity and Scholarship
  • Diversity, Fairness and Respect
  • Engaged Learning and Civic Involvement
  • Intellectual and Ethical Leadership" (125 words)

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