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Mission Statement
The mission of the San Diego Community College District is to provide
accessible, high quality learning experiences to meet the educational
needs of the San Diego community.
Shared Values: Shared Vision
The San
Diego Community College District is a multicultural institution
with diverse colleges and continuing education sites and varied
priorities. However, we are bound together as an operational unit
by a philosophical base of shared values and a shared vision of
the future. We share the twin ideals of access and excellence. We
are an institution which responds to the unique needs of local communities
and student populations. We share an important role as a builder
of communities from the classroom to the campus and beyond to the
larger components of society. To these ends, teaching and learning
are our highest priorities. Today we share the aspirations of our
community as we move toward the 21st century.
Goals
To offer instruction that provides all students with a solid foundation
for science, liberal arts and vocational skills.
- To provide
flexible, accessible programs for adults seeking basic literacy,
high school completion or lifestyle enrichment.
- To coordinate
programs with business, industry and other educational systems,
k-12, colleges and universities.
- To continuously
update libraries, resource centers and computer facilities.
- To ensure
that students are informed about the services, programs and academic
policies of the colleges and continuing education centers.
- To provide
matriculation services including admissions, registration, orientation,
assessment and placement as well as counseling and follow-up to
students.
- To ensure
that students with special needs receive appropriate services
including financial aid, extended opportunities programs, disabled
students' programs and health services.
- To provide
intercollegiate and intramural activities for men and women and
encourage the performing arts including drama, dance and music.
- To provide
opportunities to enhance the physical and intellectual well-being
of older students.
- To ensure
that students enrolled in military programs receive excellent
instruction and service through effective liaison between the
district and the military.
- To recruit,
employ and retain staff members of a high degree of competence
and to provide them with the opportunities to grow personally
and professionally.
- To eliminate
discrimination based on race, sex, color, religion, age, disability,
sexual orientation, ancestry or national origin in every aspect
of personnel policy and practice.
- To participate
and share actively in the cultural, intellectual and recreational
pursuits of the community, and to facilitate lifelong learning.
- To encourage
faculty, staff and student involvement with national, state and
local arts and cultural organizations.
- To work cooperatively
with campus program planners in facility design and development,
and to maintain and repair existing facilities and equipment.
- To integrate
planning and budgeting with short-term, intermediate and long-range
goals.
- To provide
for and support our information needs through research and evaluation.
Principles
and Priorities for 2000-2005
New organizational Principles
and Priorities further refine the focus of district activities for
2000-2005.
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