PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY MISSION

The mission of Portland State University is to enhance the intellectual, social, cultural and economic qualities of urban life by providing access throughout the life span to a quality liberal education for undergraduates and an appropriate array of professional and graduate programs especially relevant to the metropolitan area. The University will actively promote development of a network of educational institutions that will serve the community and will conduct research and community service to support a high quality educational environment and reflect issues important to the metropolitan region.

SOURCE: Creating the Urban University of the 21st Century: Portland State University Strategic Plan, Phase I. August 30, 1991.

Mission accepted by Oregon State Board of Higher Education September 27, 1991.