GRADUATE SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT:

The Graduate School supports the vision, mission, and core values of the University of Central Arkansas. In doing so, the Graduate School

•   Promotes intellectual excellence at the advanced levels of academic learning

•   Serves multiple communities through professional and training activities

•   Recruits and retains a highly qualified and diverse graduate student body

•   Promotes integrity through ethical and responsible behavior in faculty, staff, and students

The Graduate School supports doctoral, specialist, masters, and certificate programs of distinction in a variety of fields.  These excellent programs help graduates acquire the

knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to become productive members of their chosen fields. The Graduate Council, a representative body of the graduate faculty, assists the Graduate Dean

in establishing policies and standards for graduate education.

In keeping with its mission, the Graduate School has as its central purposes

•    To approve curricula and admission, retention and completion standards for individual programs;

•   To stimulate and support creative, scholarly and research activity through the University

Research Council and the Office of Sponsored Programs;

•   To approve standards of appointment for members of the Graduate Faculty;

•    To advocate for graduate education within the Division of Academic Affairs and other levels as appropriate; and

•   To work collaboratively with individual graduate programs and the UCA Office of

Planning and Assessment to support program self-assessment and external review.