Charting the Course 

Necessary Competencies . . .

We first began this process by examining what planning the university had already accomplished. The 1997 North Central accreditation self-study articulated six principal goals for the University:

1. Attract and retain a higher quality and more diverse student body;
2. Identify and eliminate barriers to a campus culture of service and make every effort to improve the campus environment;
3. Increase student retention and progress toward completion of their academic programs;
4. Improve the quality of the undergraduate experience;
5. Cultivate scholarly and creative activities that are recognized regionally, nationally, and internationally; and
6. Acquire and efficiently utilize the human, informational, financial, and physical campus resources needed to fulfill the mission of The University of Akron.

We regard these important goals as necessary competencies underlying all that we do as a university.