Mission, Values, Vision
The mission of University College is to provide access to education at the University of Denver through courses that explore engaging and timely
subjects, employ convenient formats, and are offered at affordable cost.
Drawing on the expertise and workplace experience of thoughtfully selected
faculty, and using evening, weekend, and online formats for accelerating
learning, University College provides its diverse community of students with
choices among bachelor's completion, graduate degree programs, certificates,
and customized workplace education to promote professional advancement, as well as credit and non-credit courses of general interest for continuing personal growth and development.Values
As an educational community, we embrace intellectual rigor, integrity, excellence, and choice.
In our programs, we value teaching guided by clear objectives and appropriate strategies; learning enhanced by collaboration and technology; and practice informed by scholarship and experience.
In providing services to our students, we value responsiveness, accessibility, flexibility, and personal attention characterized by honesty, fairness, and respect.
Vision
In a highly competitive environment, University College will be a recognized center of educational excellence through the development and delivery of certificate and degree programs that reflect market demands and anticipate future needs. Our customized programs designed for business, government, and not-for-profit organizations will be in high demand. Our broad array of opportunities for personal enrichment will serve the needs of the community and be acknowledged as the best in the region. A shared experience of relevant content and advanced methods of instruction will produce a global community of satisfied students who will become loyal and involved alumni.
Diversity
University College embraces inclusive excellence through its commitment to equality of opportunity, inclusiveness, fairness, mutual respect, and dignity in all its professional and academic endeavors. We value all differences, visible and invisible, including age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, and other critical social dimensions. We fulfill our commitment to inclusive excellence through communication, action, and cultural awareness. We reject behavior that is not compatible with this vision.
We believe that the unconditional awareness, support, and appreciation of diversity among co-workers, faculty, students and alumni foster a climate in which productivity, knowledge, creativity, and satisfaction will flourish. By embracing diversity, through the pursuit of departmental and curricular initiatives that further our mission, we enhance our relationship with the communities we come from, we serve, and on which we depend.