COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Mission Statement
Through market-responsive academic programs, impactful scholarship, and a student-focused culture, Louisiana Tech University’s College of Business graduates business and academic leaders who are innovative, entrepreneurially minded, and analytically and technologically skilled for a globally competitive marketplace. Building on a vibrant community of life-long learners, our graduates are prepared to positively impact business and society.
Vision
We aspire to be a nationally recognized leader in innovative and experiential undergraduate, masters’, and doctoral business education and a catalyst for economic development and growth in the region and beyond.
Values:
- Student-Centered
- Ethical Behavior
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Engagement
We embrace the twelve Tenets of Louisiana Tech University: Confidence, Excellence Commitment, Knowledge, Integrity, Respect, Leadership, Loyalty, Enthusiasm, Caring, Hope and Pride.
Distinctiveness:
- Public high-research, residential campus
- Premier “technological” university
- High-touch, engaged teaching pedagogy
- Collaborative learning environment
- Louisiana I-20 Tech-Corridor location
Strategic Directions:
Enhance academic excellence
- Recruit, retain, and place outstanding undergraduate and graduate students.
- Recruit, retain, and reward outstanding faculty and professional staff.
- Develop relevant and current learning experiences, curricula and programs.
- Produce high quality impactful research by faculty and doctoral students.
- Engage in major internal and external collaborations and partnerships fostering economic development opportunities that involve faculty and students in support of Louisiana’s focus on technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship along the 1-20 corridor.
Enhance recognition and reputation
- Gain market recognition
- Earn substantive recognition for scholarship and teaching
- Produce successful graduates
- Heighten faculty success
- Maintain highest standards of AACSB International