Values and Principles

We enthusiastically embrace our role in serving our students and shaping the future of society through the core values outlined below:

• Promote the success of our students—on campus and throughout their personal and professional lives—by developing careers, character and perspectives
• Provide excellent, accessible and affordable educational programs
• Support the professional growth and success of our staff and faculty as scholars and teachers
• Create and sustain a culture of respect, inclusion and diversity
• Encourage scholarship and generate and share knowledge that is consequential

Our conversation will be guided by a set of performance principles that reflect and support both our Core Values and Strategic Opportunities. These principles include a commitment to:

• Honor and uphold the excellence of the University of Michigan
• Pursue excellence in everything we do
• Acquire sufficient resources to realize our plans and objectives
• Act as honorable and wise stewards of all resources entrusted to us
• Create and sustain a respectful, inclusive, safe and welcoming environment
• Foster the success and well-being of the campus community and the people who comprise it
• Strive for efficient and effective operations
• Encourage and enable all of our employees and alumni to be enthusiastic UM-Dearborn ambassadors

Build and maintain a culture of creativity and daring.  Embrace innovation, be willing to take risks, assess our progress and make necessary adjustments as we strive for constant and continuous improvement.