Pillar 1: The Academic Experience
Goal 1:
APSU will be a premier public regional university known for student-centered teaching excellence and high quality, innovative, and creative scholarship that is responsive to the needs of our diverse community and beyond.
| Objective 1: | Increase high quality instruction and scholarship related to pedagogy. |
| Objective 2: | Enhance the quality and breadth of faculty scholarship. |
| Objective 3: | Improve support for diversity and inclusion across the APSU academic community. |
Goal 2:
APSU will evolve academic offerings to strengthen our emphasis on delivering quality programs that address community and regional needs.
| Objective 1: | Improve the quality of academic programs to exceed state standards and professional accreditation expectations. |
| Objective 2: | Align degree programs to better serve the needs of the community and region. |
| Objective 3: | Evolve programs and curricula to reflect best practices in preparing students to contribute professionally, civically, and creatively in their field of choice. |
Goal 3:
APSU will optimize our institutional infrastructure to meet the academic needs of our students.
| Objective 1: | Increase the efficient use of educational spaces. |
| Objective 2: | Align organizational structures across the university. |
| Objective 3: | Increase the variety and flexibility of academic offerings across terms, instructional sites, times of day, and modalities to improve educational accessibility. |
| Objective 4: | Monitor and assess our social, physical, and financial environment to identify and address threats to institutional sustainability. |