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Northern Illinois University

College of Education

NIU's Strategic Imperatives

  1. Preserve, strengthen, and extend NIU’s teaching and learning environment;
  2. Develop a strategy for investing in multi-disciplinary scholarship and artistic clusters – to complement NIU’s focus on individual scholarly and artistic achievement;
  3. Strengthen and extend NIU’s global/regional impact; and
  4. Make NIU an institution of “first choice” for faculty, students, and staff.

College of Education's Expanded Strategic Planning Imperative

  1. Preserve, strengthen, and extend NIU’s teaching and learning environment in preparing highly qualified effective professionals who are focused on educational and other related professional issues.
  2. Develop a strategy for investing in multi-disciplinary scholarship and artistic clusters – to complement NIU’s focus on individual scholarly and artistic achievement that bring focus to the College of Education’s graduate programs and create research-practice centers that inform the state/region/nation/world.
  3. Strengthen and extend NIU’s global/regional impact by highlighting and enhancing the College of Education models of teaching in P-20 education and the workplace.
  4. Make NIU an institution of “first choice” for faculty, students, and staff by creating an environment that helps all to focus on their most natural and authentic professional strengths and by creating a “can do” culture in which innovation and creativity are celebrated.