Mission and Goals - Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies
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Mission
To develop leaders through distinctively Seventh-day Adventist graduate education, excelling in spirituality, scholarship, and service.
Vision
A Christ-centered community of leaders with a heart for mission.
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Statement of Goals
The goals of the administrators, faculty, and staff members of AIIAS are as follows:
Distinctively Adventist
Support the Seventh-day Adventist Church with graduates dedicated to the mission of the Church
Maintain a community of faith that nurtures a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ
Champion the teachings and lifestyle of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Address crucial Church and world issues
Ground AIIAS scholarship in Biblical foundations
Engage every student and employee in outreach and witness
Academic excellence
Offer programs of the highest academic quality
Employ outstanding and inspiring teaching faculty
Foster excellence in research and writing
Maintain the highest levels of academic and professional accreditation
Be recognized as an outstanding graduate institution among Adventist leaders around the world and within the Philippine higher education
Follow systems and procedures that ensure best academic practice
Service
Engage with community both on and off campus
Nurture appreciation of culture and the arts
Celebrate diversity
Mentor and support sister institutions
Essential supporting resources
Provide an exemplary graduate research library
Maintain quality physical plant and professional IT services
Employ and develop qualified and service oriented personnel
Provide financial support through student aid/scholarships
Generate Institutional financial support
Achieve optimum levels of program enrollment
Coordinate an active, supportive alumni organization
Provide outstanding support for human resources
Accountability
Promote wise use of time, abilities, and resources as God’s stewards
Establish appropriate expectations, standards and indicators for institutional performance and outcomes
Practice assessment of all personnel, programs and functions using key performance indicators
Successful graduates
Produce graduates that:
Demonstrate excellence in their profession
Offer their lives for service
Contextualize knowledge and practical skills to meet local needs
Model the ideals of servant leadership
Positively influence and support the Church and community
Institutional Learning Objectives
Spirituality
Model the Character of Christ through effective integration of faith, learning, and life.
Scholarship
Demonstrate skills in teaching, learning, research, publication, and generating knowledge.
Service
Serve God and society with high integrity, professionalism, and spiritual maturity.
Leadership
Provide effective, biblically-grounded leadership with commitment to excellence.
Thinking
Think critically and creatively and serve as a catalyst for needed change in their community and in the world.
Communication
Communicate effectively to promote stewardship, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Global Perspective
Address issues from a world perspective, yet appropriate to the context of their culture.
The following
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Religion courses:
Core Values
Excellence
AIIAS values excellence. AIIAS prizes continuous improvement and the pursuit of excellence are a way of life including high standards as part of devotion to God.
Integrity
AIIAS values the honorable, transparent, and honest. It encourages and practices ethical behavior that displays high moral standards in personal and organizational action.
Service
AIIAS values and nurtures joyful lives that bless others. Reaching beyond personal, family, and campus needs, AIIAS uses its faculty resources to support the church and community.
Faith
AIIAS values the
beliefs
and lifestyle of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
, rooted in the Holy Scriptures, which are upheld in the highest regard as inspired and authoritative. Furthermore, as a messenger of God, Ellen G. White’s life and writings are highly esteemed. Faith in God is nurtured through a life of devotion and witness, and is seen in every class and campus activity.