Mission and Vision Statements for Academic Advising

College and University Advising Mission Statements

• Boise State University mission and goals
• California State University, Channel Islands
• California State University, Chico
• College of Saint Benedict at Saint John's University
• Columbia University Office of Preprofessional Advising mission
• Duke University Trinity College Academic Advising Center
• Eastern Michigan University Goals of Advising
• Emporia State University
• Gallaudet University
• Georgia Highlands College mission and outcomes
• Harpur College at Binghamton University
• Iowa State University
• Johnson County Community College
• Lynchburg College
• Missouri State University mission
• Oregon State University vision, mission and goals
• Paradise Valley Community College
• Penn State University mission and values
• Polytechnic University
• Sample mission statements created by 2005 Summer Institute groups
• Southwestern Community College
• Stanford University Expanded Advising Program
• University of Arizona mission statement and goals
• University of Arkansas at Little Rock mission statement
• University of California Santa Cruz
  • Undergraduate Advising Center mission statement and goals
• University of Florida mission statement
• University of La Verne
• University of Nevada, Reno mission statement and student learning objectives
• University of South Florida
• University of Southern Maine
• University of Tennessee College of Engineering
• University of Washington Advising mission and values statements
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee vision, mission, goals and student learning outcomes
• Utah State University philosophy and goals
• Virginia Tech mission statement and values
• Washington State University philosophy and definition of advising
• Wheaton (MA) College

Resources for developing a mission statement (from the corporate world but can be applied to higher education)

• Drucker Foundation self-assessment tool
• e-Business plan to develop a mission statement
• Mission statement exercise
• Developing a personal mission statement

Student creeds to communicate institutional core values