追求更高目标背后的紧迫性. 现在.

GVSU已经并将继续做伟大的事情, especi所有y in high-quality undergraduate liberal education fused with strong professional education. Our dedication to traditional-aged undergraduates and excellent profession所有y oriented graduate programs will not falter. 这些变化 we need to consider and emb比赛 do not include a reduction in effort of what GVSU has done so 好吧, 长久以来. 这些变化, 而, reflect the changes required of higher education in general and as required by our regional context. 作为一所大学，我们的影响力得到了证明. 和强大的. We just need to expand that impact to larger segments of students and in important ways that serve those students and communities.

The 2025年实现更高目标 指导委员会 is sharing a bibliography of recent (i.E，在过去的1.5 years) articles and thought pieces on current/future trends in higher education. These articles have some common “through lines” for us in terms of what we need to consider and act on in a postpandemic GVSU. We are particularly keen on the summary/overview by higher education journalist and thought leader J. Selingo. 他的总结视频值得一看: 大流行后的美国. -未来十年的高等教育.

授权教育体验

在大峡谷，我们做任何事情都以学生为中心. 教育对学习者本身来说是一种内在价值, as 好吧 as the public good for the wider communities of which we are a part. We consider each and every member of our educational community a learner, each one 我们的 at different stages in our educational pathway. We commit to helping students discover their passion and guide and support them along the way. 领导这些努力的是我们的专业教师, who develop the curricula our students need for mastery of their chosen academic directions.

一生的学习

从我们与学习者的第一次接触开始, 我们努力提供创新的课程, 合作课程, 以及体验式学习的机会. 在大峡谷, our approach to teaching and learning continues to integrate liberal and professional education in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary ways, and it is directly relevant to the communities and world our graduates shape. The liberal education approach of the undergraduate curriculum provides a foundation for how to learn and how to apply that learning in leadership roles and within diverse communities. 在我们的支持和指导下, lifetime learners shape those communities while they are students, 以及他们的余生. Our faculty model the passionate pursuit of lifetime learning through cutting-edge research, 奖学金, 和表达. We pursue reciprocal relationships with alumni and community partners to create sustainable and supportive learning networks. Our programs and educators encourage students to generate ideas on how they can be enterprising in their learning, especi所有y in ways that enhance their communities and workplaces.

教育公平的文化

We emb比赛 our role as a leader in urgently advancing equity for 所有 learners. 在一起, we ensure that our community serves as a catalyst toward a more just and sustainable world – on our campuses and beyond. We work to eliminate disparities and obstacles for student success, especi所有y those that have historic所有y been along lines of color, 比赛, 社会经济地位, 性/性别, 包括性别认同和表达, 以及性取向.