MSCHE/ACOE Self Study

 Enhancing public health through education and service to a broad range of communities. The College’s mission, goals and objectives are included in its five-year strategic plan, A Shared Vision , which was adopted in September, 2008 (see Appendix A- 1 or http://www.sunyopt.edu/about/five_year_plan.shtml). The process whereby The College’s most public presence is its Web site. By going to the College’s homepage (www.sunyopt.edu) and clicking on the “About Us” link, visitors are taken directly to the links for the College’s mission statement and strategic plan, A Shared Vision, which includes the institution’s goals and objectives. The mission statement is also published in the Faculty Handbook (www.sunyopt.edu/faculty/hb/mission.html). With the College’s new administration, there has been a heightened emphasis on sharing the institution’s mission with both internal and external constituencies. In 2009, the College, for the first time, produced a four-color Annual Report, A Shared Vision , which was widely distributed within and outside of the institution or Appendix A-2a). Prominently displayed within this document (page 7) are the four components of the College’s mission. The 2010 report is in Appendix A-2b (or http://www.sunyopt.edu/news/pdf/annual_report_2010.pdf). As a free-standing campus of State University of New York, the College of Optometry is required to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University. This document, which can be found in Appendix A-3 or on the College’s Web site (http://www.sunyopt.edu/about/Optometry_MOU.pdf) provides information on the campus’s role and distinctiveness, national context, economic impact, enrollment and admissions, faculty, academic programs, student outcomes, student support and student life, technology, facilities, administrative structure and resource management, community relations and service and overall institutional reputation. Many of the goals/objectives in the College’s strategic plan, A Shared Vision , are included in the MOU. The original MOU was signed in January 2007. The MOU was rewritten after approval of the strategic plan to reflect its vision, and the revised version of the MOU was signed in March, 2009. 1.1.2 The goals and objectives include teaching and learning, research or scholarly activity, and community and public service. The Mission Statement, which has four components, addresses learning, research, community and public service with the following sets of strategic goals: Teaching and Learning: Develop Outstanding Optometrists and Vision Scientists o To provide innovative, exciting, and attractive educational programs that meet the evolving needs of our students and the public. this plan was developed is described in section 1.5. 1.1.1 The program publishes its mission and goals.

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