Strategic Plan Focus Areas Academic Excellence Foster an educational environment that supports and encourages midshipman learning and critical thinking Employ appropriate teaching methods that address the variety of midshipmen learning styles Provide an outstanding civilian and military faculty and the necessary support resources to enable midshipmen to achieve academic success Provide a stimulating environment that instills a passion for lifelong learning Imbue our midshipmen with the intellectual curiosity and analytical rigor needed to be in the forefront of technological advances and international understanding in a rapidly changing world Provide opportunities for our faculty and staff to remain leaders in their respective disciplines and in the latest teaching methods