JSU Vision
Jacksonville State University will be the regional comprehensive institution of choice for students who want a strong, high quality education. Students will be challenged academically by dedicated and accessible faculty and have access to the latest technology to ensure success in an expanding global community. Curriculum offerings will utilize developing methods of instruction to eliminate barriers of time and distance and allow the JSU experience to transcend regional boundaries. Highly responsive services that demonstrate the institution’s commitment to continuous improvement will ensure JSU’s reputation as the friendliest campus in the South
JSU Mission
Jacksonville State University is a public, comprehensive teaching institution that provides educational, cultural, and social experiences for a diverse undergraduate and graduate student population. As a student-centered university, Jacksonville State University strives to balance academic challenges with a range of support services for students’ academic, career, and personal goals. As an academic institution, Jacksonville State University seeks to produce broadly educated graduates with skills for employment, citizenship, and life-long learning. As a comprehensive university, Jacksonville State University supports scholarly and service activities consistent with its academic and professional strengths.
JSU Core Values
1. The social, intellectual, cultural, and physical development of
students, faculty, and staff.
2. Being the friendliest campus in the south.
3. Providing an affordable quality education.
4. Maintaining a diversity of faculty, staff, and student body.
5. The support of intellectual and academic freedom, dialogue, and
the free exchange of ideas.
6. Quality teaching to prepare students for employment,
citizenship, and life-long learning.
7. Student accessibility of faculty and staff.
8. Maintaining a beautiful campus that preserves the historical
architecture of the University.
9. Collegial decision-making.
10. Excellence in all aspects of university life.
11. Providing a continuous improvement environment.
12. Providing access to state-of-the-art technology