Questions poured in from users, and were answered after much discussion. There were some easy answers, and some hard ones, but we found answers and made changes. Then we posted the answers on e-mail, along with committee minutes. This is an ongoing project. There are generally three main indicators of direction vision, mission, and objectives.
Vision includes aspirations, core values, and philosophies at very general levels.
Our mission statements translate these into more doable statements of institutional purpose. Objectives are those items call them targets perhaps that allow us to succeed in our mission. Decisions about organizational direction are made after full consultation with administrative leadership, and are informed by discussions at all levels. A major problem may occur when the vision of our leadership is at odds with that of our traditional values and bases. Here at Adelphi, we had an earlier leadership that wanted us to become an elitist college, while our student base had always been people training in professional schools.