MISSION STATEMENT

XCITE Center for Teaching and Learning partners to create innovative and impactful teaching, learning, and research solutions that drive academic and inclusive excellence.

GUIDEPOSTS

The following guideposts are critical to XCITE’s long-term strategies and meaningful investments in people and resources: 

ENGAGEMENT

Foster accessibility and interpersonal contact between faculty and students and encourage challenging and rigorous learning experiences.

 

ACCOUNTABILITY

Increase the relevance, measurement, and redundancy for successful teaching and learning.

 

FACULTY AND STUDENT SUCCESS

Advocate for initiatives, approaches, and strategies to improve the learning experiences of UCR students, and the teaching experiences of UCR’s Instructors and Teaching Assistants.

 

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP

Foster research, scholarship, and creative work, especially in relationship to XCITE’s teaching and learning mission.

 

DEGREE COMPLETION

Increase opportunities for gaining credit by reducing artificial barriers to degree completion within a four-year time frame.