CHCS Strategic Plan 2020-2025

Nova Southeastern University, Copyright © 2019 18 can provide effective quality learning opportunities regardless of students' locations, time constraints, or learning styles. The University facilities are attractive physically and provide a stimulating atmosphere for teaching and learning. New Solutions to New Problems The University will continue to pursue multi-disciplinary approaches to teaching and the acquisition of knowledge. Increased integration of academic programs from undergraduate to graduate levels, as well as horizontally among centers, will be pursued to ensure synergistic solutions for both societal problems and professionals. At Nova Southeastern University, ideas are exchanged freely, and programs are created that respond to the needs of society enabling tomorrow's professionals to acquire not only traditional attributes - expertise, ethical sensibilities, and commitment to furthering professional and societal values - but also to deal with contemporary technology and the concomitant rapid rate of change, to apply and appreciate relevant findings and approaches of other disciplines, and to operate in a culturally diverse milieu. Research and Development The University will continue to support the vital relationship between theory and practice. Through research and community service, the University will continue to develop effective quality educational delivery systems, impact the workplace, integrate and transcend traditional content, and create exciting educational structures. Community responsibility and service are important components of an educational program that prepare students to become active and contributing members of society. An Open Learning Community As the 21st century opens, Nova Southeastern University will continue to provide educational access, opportunity, and challenge to our increasingly diverse student body. With minority enrollment now at 37 percent of total enrollment and projected to reach 40 percent within the next five years, Nova Southeastern University will be among those independent institutions with a highly diverse student population. Values In the continual pursuit of excellence, the university holds to the following values that, together, provide the foundation for ongoing regional and professional accreditation, independence, and fiscal stability:  Collaboration  Community Service and Engagement  Diversity