

WHO ARE WE?
Members of the organization are from diverse professional backgrounds impacting higher education. We are
committed to interdisciplinary approaches to improve higher education while supporting collaborative
efforts at all levels.
OUR MISSION
To promote scholarship, critical discourse, and collaborative endeavors that promote the improvement of
higher education
OUR VISION
Through research, policy, and programs, NAIHE will be advocates for improvement in higher education.
OUR GOALS
- To deepen public understanding of urban higher education policy issues.
- To conduct research designed to address challenges in urban higher education.
- To contribute new knowledge to the field of urban higher education.
- To develop effective leadership for the sustainability of urban higher education.
OUR CORE VALUES
Collaboration - Utilizing the tenet of community of practice which is, a group or network of individuals
who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and
expertise in this area by interacting with each other on an ongoing basis.
Innovation- Using “multiple minds” to identify issues and meet challenges creating new paradigms and
solutions.
Knowledge Sharing – utilizing research methods and outcomes to collect, store, and disseminate (ideas,
concepts, paradigms)
Life-Long Learning - We value a culture that promotes intellectual inquiry which encourages human
capital development.
About NAIHE