The UIS Strategic Plan identifies four important UIS values:
See the complete Values section of the strategic plan.
In reflecting on the UIS values, two important advisory groups, the Diversity Task Force and the ROAD Committee (the Campus Senate Committee on Rights, Opportunity, Access and Diversity) developed a statement regarding the implementation of the UIS Strategic Plan. Here is that statement:
In order to achieve our goals, we believe that all of our operations and decisions should be guided by these fundamental principles and modeled by all members of the UIS community. We are committed to these principles: