Building on Excellence: Missouri State University Envisions the Future

The 2005 Continuing Accreditation Self-Study
A report prepared for the Higher Learning Commission

Updates to the 2005 Self-Study Report

Chapter 1: Missouri State: A Mission-Focused, Evolving Institution

• A History of Change
• Development of a Mission
• A Snapshot: System, Setting & Service Area, Programs, Students, Faculty, Staff, and Facilities
• Significant Changes Since 1995
• Reponses to the 1995 Self Study

Chapter 2: The 2005 Self-Study: An Overview of the Process

• Ongoing Involvement with HLC Reaccreditation
• 2003 to the Present
• Self-Study Goals and Objectives
• Organization of the Report: The Cross-Cutting Themes

Chapter 3: Missouri State as a Future-Oriented Organization

• Engaging in Planning
• Unit Plans
• Being Driven by the Mission
• Understanding Social and Economic Change
• Focusing on the Futures of Constituents
• Integrating New Technology
• Strengths, Challenges, and Recommendations

Chapter 4: Missouri State as a Learning-Focused Organization

• Assessing Student Learning
• Supporting Learning
• Supporting Scholarship
• Creating the Capacity for Lifelong Learning
• Strengthening Organizational Learning
• Strengths, Challenges, and Recommendations

Chapter 5: Missouri State as a Connected Organization

• Creating a Culture of Service
• Serving the Common Good
• Serving Constituents
• Collaborating
• Engaging in Healthy Internal Communication
• Strengths, Challenges, and Recommendations

Chapter 6: Missouri State as a Distinctive Organization

• Having an Unambiguous Mission
• Appreciating Diversity
• Being Accountable
• Being Self-Reflective
• Being Committed to Improvement
• Strengths, Challenges, Recommendations

Summary

• Narrative Summary of Strengths
• Summary of Major Challenges and Recommendations
• Conclusion