UMKC CORE VALUES
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We identify our Values as the basis for reflection and dialogue. We strive to live our values as instruments for positive change.

Education First

  • We are committed to life-long learning
  • We recognize that students are integral to everything we do

    Discovery and Innovation

  • We promote creativity, critical thinking and interdisciplinary cooperation
  • We promote scholarship in all its forms
  • We promote research and sharing of knowledge
  • We recognize and reward excellence

    Integrity and Accountability

  • We encourage free, honest and candid communication
  • We accept individual responsibility for shared ownership
  • We are committed to sharing both information and decision-making
  • We foster academic and intellectual freedom

    Diversity, Inclusiveness and Respect

  • We seek, support and celebrate the diversity of all people
  • We respect individual dignity
  • We are sensitive to differences in learning styles, ideas and beliefs

    Energized Collaborative Communities

  • We nurture positive, visionary, empowering environments
  • We collaborate, partner and interact

     

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