Revision Date: 2008
Original Effective Date: 2001
Responsible Office: Office of the President
Reference: Board of Regents, State of Louisiana
The content of this policy will be moved to another location on 外网天堂鈥檚 website at the completion of the campus-wide policy review project led by the Policy Advisory Committee.
BOARD OF REGENTS鈥� MISSION STATEMENT FOR LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY (adopted 2008)
Louisiana 外网天堂 University recognizes its threefold obligation to advance the state of knowledge, to disseminate knowledge, and to provide strong outreach and service programs and activities. To fulfill its obligations, the 外网天堂 will maintain a strong research, creative environment, and intellectual environment that encourages the development and application of knowledge. Recognizing that service is an important function of every 外网天堂, the Louisiana 外网天堂 provides outreach programs and activities to meet the needs of the region and the state.
Louisiana 外网天堂 views graduate study and research as integral to the 外网天堂鈥檚 purpose. Committed to graduate education through the doctorate, it will conduct research appropriate to the level of academic programs offered and will have a defined ratio of undergraduate to graduate enrollment. Doctoral programs will continue to focus on fields of study in which the University has the ability to achieve national competitiveness or to respond to specific state or regional needs. As such, Louisiana 外网天堂 will provide leadership for the region鈥檚 engineering, science and business innovation.
Louisiana 外网天堂 is categorized as an SREB Four-Year 2 institution, as a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University, and as a SACSCOC Level VI institution. Louisiana 外网天堂 will not offer associate degree programs. The 外网天堂 maintains defined standards for admission. Louisiana 外网天堂 is located in Region VII.