Goals and Objectives

Goal 1: The College of Communication and Information will enhance its international reputation for knowledge creation.

Objective A
Become an internationally recognized center for interdisciplinary communication and information scholarship.

Objective B
Become an internationally recognized center for discipline-specific scholarship.

Goal 2: The College of Communication and Information will enhance its international reputation for knowledge dissemination to become known as a leader in the area of curricular and pedagogical innovation.

Objective A
Offer an innovative communication and information doctoral program curriculum (see also, Goal 4, Objective D; Goal 6, Objective B).

Objective B
Offer an innovative communication and information curricula for our masters’ programs (see also Goal 4, Objective D; Goal 6, Objective B).

Objective C
Offer an innovative communication and information curricula for each of our undergraduate majors and minors (see also, Goal 4, Objective C; Goal 6, Objective B).

Objective D
Provide innovative teaching and learning environments.

Goal 3: The College of Communication and Information will develop and continue to enhance the quality of its professional and community engagement to demonstrate the College’s commitment and dedication to outreach in the State of Tennessee, the nation and the world.

Objective A
Facilitate the participation of CCI faculty, staff and students in professional engagement activities.

Objective B
Facilitate the participation of CCI faculty, staff and students in community engagement activities.

Goal 4: The College of Communication and Information will expand and enhance the quality of its internationalization/globalization efforts to insure that its students and faculty are “ready for the world.”

Objective A
Encourage the formation of collaborative partnerships with key internationally-oriented organizations.

Objective B
Encourage CCI faculty members to develop a global view.

Objective C
Encourage CCI undergraduate students to develop a global view.

Objective D
Encourage CCI graduate students to develop a global view.

Goal 5: The College of Communication and Information will recruit and retain outstanding faculty, staff and students.

Objective A
Increase the College’s ability to recruit high quality faculty, staff and students.

Objective B
Increase the College’s ability to retain high quality faculty, staff and students (see also, Goal 6, Objectives A & B).

Goal 6: The College of Communication and Information will build a diverse and inclusive community of faculty, staff and students with respect to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, and sexual orientation.

Objective A
Create and sustain a diverse and inclusive faculty/staff community within the College.

Objective B
Create and sustain a diverse and inclusive student community within the College.

Goal 7: The College of Communication and Information will upgrade its equipment and facilities to provide faculty and students with world class knowledge-creation and knowledge-dissemination environments.

Objective A
Improve the quality of our knowledge-creation equipment and facilities.

Objective B
Improve the quality of our knowledge-dissemination equipment and facilities.

Goal 8: The College of Communication and Information will significantly increase its resources from both external and internal sources to realize its institutional mission.

Objective A
Significantly increase the resources coming into the College from external sources.

Objective B
Significantly increase the resources coming into the College from internal sources.