Mission & Values

Mission

NCBAA is committed to the following mission:

• Improving diversity and resultant educational opportunities and professional development for African American students, faculty, staff, and administrators.
• Developing collaborative relationships with educational, business, governmental, and public service organizations with compatible goals.
• Networking to maximize the achievement of career goals for African American students, faculty, staff, and administrators.
• Articulating positions on issues affecting African Americans in the formulation of policy and decision-making.

Values

NCBAA acknowledges the worth of the individual and affirms its belief in the following widely shared values:

• Lifelong learning and development for all people.
• Collegial sharing of information and ideas.
• Access to higher education for all people; increased access for the underserved.
• Diversity of people, ideas and learning styles.
• Teaching excellence and innovation, through intellectual, social, cultural, and technological enrichment.
• Partnerships with federal, state and local entities that share similar missions, goals and objectives.
• Volunteerism for causes, objectives and purposes supportive of the aims of NCBAA.
• Recognition of excellence.
• Role modeling to enhance student achievement, teaching performance as well as staff and administrative effectiveness.