CHCS Strategic Plan 2020-2025

Nova Southeastern University, Copyright © 2019 17 geographically removed from the health center itself, and to the care of indigent and multicultural population groups. In doing this, it developed training programs which address the primary care needs of the region’s most medically underserved populations. Nova Southeastern University Strategic Plan 2005 (Updated 2016) Mission Nova Southeastern University, a private, not-for-profit institution, offers a diverse array of innovative academic programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, complementing on-campus educational opportunities and resources with accessible distance learning programs, and fostering intellectual inquiry, leadership, and commitment to community through engagement of students and faculty in a dynamic, life-long learning environment. Vision An Independent Institution Because the University has maintained its independent status, not under the jurisdiction of the State University System, faculty, administration, and staff continue to provide students, the professions, and society an independent option for higher education. The benefit of this independence is a wider array of educational opportunities tailored to the needs of students. It is the clear intent of the Board of Trustees to maintain this independence. The Learning Environment The University will continue to focus on the student, educating competent and ethical professionals in a variety of fields and, at the same time, provide students with quality educational opportunities wherever they are located. Our commitment to the idea that education should not be time bound or place bound holds a high priority as the University enhances traditionally effective delivery of educational services through use of information technology and telecommunications. The University's continuing use of emerging technologies, educational resources, alternative sites, clusters, cohorts, and other means of delivery, will continue to demonstrate that higher education