St. Joseph's Mission Statement

Thinking back to the beginning of the semester when we read “Competing on Analytics” I think that your value chain is really established from your competitive distinction. These days higher education is in a tough spot because you can virtually go to school anywhere and everywhere in the world. With the advances in technology and what is available, what a student needed to be in class for twenty years ago, they can now watch a recording or participate online. All colleges and Universities are providing the same thing to students, and that is knowledge, at least one can hope. Saint Joseph’s mission and selling point to a lot of students can be described in our mission statement “As Philadelphia’s Jesuit Catholic University, Saint Joseph’s provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. We prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. Striving to be an inclusive and diverse community that educates and cares for the whole person, we encourage and model lifelong commitment to thinking critically, making ethical decisions, pursuing social justice, and finding God in all things.” Saint Joseph’s end objective is not to pass the teachers knowledge onto …show more content…
Without the students we would not have much value. Our student’s success even after they finish a degree at Saint Joseph’s can help improve our value chain. Saint Joseph’s competes nationally to recruit the right student, so that he or she can take what they learn at Saint Joseph’s University, and continue to apply, and learn for the rest of their lives. Secondly, without great professors, and support staff at Saint Joseph’s it would be hard to create an environment that supports student development, success, and engaged citizenship. Lastly, as part of inbound logistics, without the funds to teach and learn, we could not sustain our