Mission and Vision
Mission Statement
We empower all students to excel in their lives and chosen careers through integrated learning, research, innovation, and experience.
Statement of Commitment
Wright State University will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop intellectual skills to reach their own, informed conclusions; not require, favor, disfavor, or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth and tolerates differences in opinion; treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, hold them to equal standards, and provide equality of opportunity with regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Vision Statement
To be a diverse, inclusive university that positively transforms the educational, economic, and social fabric of the communities we serve.
Mission and Vision Statement approved by Faculty Senate, February 14, 2022.
Ethics Statement
Wright State University's goal of excellence and its dedication to innovation in teaching, research, and service rest upon an individual and a collective commitment to ethics. The purpose of this statement is to provide general guidelines for strengthening the integrity of the university. It sets forth basic principles for enabling the university to accomplish its mission and serves the public interest in an ethical way.
This statement also identifies a basic process for integrating these principles into the institution's culture. The university expects the administration, the faculty, the staff, and the students to exemplify these principles in their words and actions.
To guide the conduct of the university community, Wright State University endorses the following principles:
Honesty - Members of the university community will be guided in all their activities by a high regard for truth.
Respect - Members of the university community will show concern for the individuality of others and their ideas.
Justice - Members of the university community will treat others fairly.
Accountability - Members of the university community will be responsible stewards of the public trust.
To integrate these principles into the institution's culture and to encourage ethical conduct, Wright State University is committed to an ongoing process which will involve the creation of a standing advisory and resource committee to support ongoing formal ethics education, and to assist the university in developing ethics policies and procedures.
Adopted by the Wright State University Board of Trustees, March 28, 1997.
