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As a unit of the University System of Georgia . . .
The Medical College of Georgia is a unit of the University System of Georgia and as such is committed to the following:

• a supportive campus climate, necessary services, and leadership and development opportunities, all to educate the whole person and meet the needs of students, faculty, and staff

• cultural, ethnic, racial, and gender diversity in the faculty, staff, and student body, supported by practices and programs that embody the ideals of an open democratic and global society

• technology to advance educational purposes, including instructional technology, student support services, and distance learning

• collaborative relationships with other System institutions, State agencies, local schools and technical institutes, and business and industry, sharing physical, human, information, and other resources to expand and enhance programs and services available to the citizens of Georgia

As a University System research university . . .
As a University System Research University with a statewide scope of influence, the Medical College of Georgia shares a commitment to:

• excellence and responsiveness in academic achievements that impart national or international status

• a teaching/learning environment, both inside and outside the classroom, that sustains instructional excellence, serves a diverse and well-prepared student body, provides academic assistance, and promotes high levels of student achievement

• wide-ranging research, scholarship, and creative endeavors that are consistent with the highest standards of academic excellence, that are focused on organized programs to create, maintain, and apply new knowledge and theories, and that promote instructional effectiveness and enhance institutionally relevant faculty qualifications

• public service, economic development, and technical assistance activities designed to address the strategic needs of the State of Georgia along with a comprehensive offering of continuing education programs, including continuing professional education to meet the needs of Georgia's citizens for life-long learning

• a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary academic programming at the baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral levels, as well as a range of professional programs at the baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate level, including the doctoral level

As the Medical College of Georgia . . .
The Medical College of Georgia, chartered in 1828 as a single academy to provide instruction in "several branches of the healing art," is a major academic health center and a health sciences research university. The institution, consisting of the schools of Allied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Graduate Studies, Medicine, and Nursing and the Hospital and Clinics, serves a highly focused and specialized student body. As an academic health center and research university, the Medical College of Georgia is committed to:

• Excellence in academic achievement, which will bring to it national and international recognition

• Development of a fully-integrated and cost efficient health care system that provides leading edge clinical innovation and technology

• A shared responsibility for meeting the health care needs of a widely dispersed and highly diverse population

• broadly-based research, scholarship, and creative endeavors consistent with the highest standards of academic excellence

In view of these commitments, the Medical College of Georgia affirms the following major purposes:

• to provide outstanding educational programs for health professionals, biomedical scientists, and educators at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels and for lifelong learning through excellence in teaching and the total development of students in response to the health needs of the state of Georgia

• to provide a high quality, state-of-the art health care system, which includes health promotion and disease prevention, and to encourage, test, and improve access through the use of innovations in health care delivery responsive to the changing demographics and needs of the people of the state and nation

• to be a leading center of excellence in research through the generation and application of biomedical knowledge and technology to human health and disease and to play an expanding role in the transfer of technology to the health care delivery system

The Medical College of Georgia is committed to being one of the nation's premier academic health centers for outstanding education, committed public service, and leading-edge research and scholarship. As it pursues this goal, the institution is determined to embody the concept of interactive, ongoing partnerships embracing faculty, students, patients, staff, and the public across the state and nation in order to effectively serve those who seek a career, those who seek knowledge, and those who seek care.

Approved and adopted by the Board of Regents, January 12, 1999

SOURCE: Office of the President

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