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Undergraduate Bulletin of Information 2001-2002ORGANIZATIONonly share a common perspective but alsoconstitute parts of the same effort andpurpose.• Provide a university education that willequip its graduates for fulfilling professionalcareer and leadership training that willcontribute to the enrichment of their spiritualand personal lives.• Provide its students with the means toenable them to understand the changingsocial and economic problems and issues ofour time.• Develop in the students an ability to analyze,judge critically, summarize, formulatehypotheses, consider alternatives,distinguish between feelings and reasons,and reach valid conclusions.• Encourage students to develop a personalphilosophy of life that will make them feel apart of their community and also of theworld. This will enable them to establishtheir own values, standards, and ideals,thereby making them active rather thanpassive members of the community.• Develop in the students a positive attitudetowards learning in order to encourage themto continue to improve and update theirknowledge.• Expedite the establishment ofinterdisciplinary programs in order tofacilitate the full development of theintellectual potential of the students. Thiswill enable them to function in a variety ofareas of human endeavor.• Develop programs which will create studentawareness of the need to properly utilize andconserve natural, physical, and economicresources in order to ensure a better life forthe people of Puerto Rico and for allhumanity.• Extend cooperative education to selectedacademic programs based on the needs ofthe community.• Promote and encourage the professional andtechnical development of Campusemployees based on their capabilities andinterests as well as on the needs and realitiesof the institution.• Provide students with services and facilitieswhich create a favorable atmosphere fortheir full intellectual, social, and spiritualdevelopment.• Develop educational technology resourcesand expand their effective use.• Develop available library resources.• Establish and define general criteria to guidethe accreditation process of the Institution.• Stimulate the participation of the totalUniversity community in the planning andevaluation of academic programs andUniversity agencies.• Standardize procedures for the appointment,tenure, and promotion of academicpersonnel, without losing sight of thedifferent needs of the academic departments.• Assist government agencies and the privatesector in the search for solutions to theproblems that affect our times and theisland.In accordance with the aforementioned longrange goals and general objectives, eachdepartment and institutional unit directs itsefforts and actions towards the common goal ofpreparing professionals with the scientific andtechnological backgrounds and the socialawareness necessary to fulfill the needs of ourconstantly changing society.ACCREDITATION ANDAFFILIATIONThe Mayagüez Campus of the University ofPuerto Rico is fully accredited by the Council ofHigher Education of Puerto Rico and by theMiddle States Association of Colleges andSchools, of which it has been a member since1946. It is also a member of the Association of2