Our Mission
The mission of the Graduate School at the University of Missouri is to advocate for, support, and advance graduate and postdoctoral education.
Guided by our mission, we provide campus-wide leadership for:
- Provide support that is responsive to their needs to facilitate success;
- Coordinate professional development opportunities;
- Pursue university and external partnerships and funding opportunities to develop innovative structures in support of their success.
- Bring people together across disciplines to develop new interdisciplinary programs and opportunities;
- Foster discovery, creativity, and innovation;
- Promote responsible and ethical conduct of teaching, scholarship, and creative works;
- Encourage engaged scholarship.
- Collaborate with units across campus to support their strategic enrollment and completion goals;
- Promote use of individual development plans;
- Strengthen retention through on-boarding and targeted mentoring programs that enhance student and postdoctoral scholar success;
- Make diverse career pathways visible, viable, and valued.
- Promote excellence, equity, and quality in graduate programs;
- Partner with graduate faculty and staff to uphold policies and procedures that reduce barriers to academic success.
- Empower all students and postdoctoral scholars to meet the opportunities of a global society;
- Support and advocate for holistic recruitment and retention of high quality students;
- Develop and sustain safe and supportive graduate and postdoctoral communities in which all can succeed.
Values
Respect
The Graduate School will maintain a welcoming environment that values differences in thought and mission. We will promote fair practices and policies so that all students can succeed in graduate education.
Responsibility
The Graduate School will provide campus-wide leadership, as well as resources and support, to promote the success of students and their graduate programs.
Discovery
The Graduate School will provide and facilitate curricular and professional development opportunities for students and mentors that enhance a commitment to continuous improvement and life-long learning.
Excellence
Using continuous quality improvement practices, the Graduate School will proactively lead in the use of best practices for student success and transparency of data and information.