Mission
Cal Poly Pomona's mission is to advance learning and knowledge by linking theory
and practice in all disciplines, and to prepare students for lifelong learning,
leadership and careers in a changing multicultural world.
Values
The character of a university is determined by the values to which its faculty and
staff are committed, and are shared with its students. These values are the basic
principles underlying everything the university does, making it what it is. The
following are values embraced at Cal Poly Pomona:
- A focus on student achievement, satisfaction and success... to ensure the intellectual
and social development of our students.
- A commitment to learning, research, scholarship, creativity, and service;
- An appreciation for differences and diversity, respect for all;
- An atmosphere of honesty and integrity;
- A commitment to an open, democratic community, including shared governance;
- Leadership, social responsibility and community involvement.
Vision
Cal Poly Pomona will be a national model of a polytechnic university education,
distinguished as:
- An institution that provides the nation’s most diverse urban area access to its
educational resources and takes advantage of that urban area as an educational resource
itself;
- An institution that embraces a global perspective;
- An institution that provides an extraordinary education by blending theory with
practice, maximizing the contact and accessibility of faculty to students, and providing
a strong foundation in general education;
- A community that encourages the free flow of information and open communication,
which promotes vigorous debate, and in which all members are empowered and work
well together;
- An institution that addresses the societal needs through its educational, research
and community service activity;
- An institution that has an integrated technology strategy to support teaching and
learning;
- An institution that has substantial funding from sources other than the state.
Academic Affairs - Advancing Learning and Knowledge by linking Theory and Practice
