1.1
MISSION STATEMENT
ADOPT: APRIL 8, 1985
REVISED: March 9, 2004
Santa Rosa Junior College's mission is to increase the
knowledge, to improve the skills, and to enhance the lives of those who
participate in our programs and enroll in our courses throughout the District.
The College is an institution of higher education operating within the
framework of the California Education Code for community colleges and the
Master Plan for Higher Education. We recognize that each member of our
institution contributes to carrying out our mission.
In
fulfilling our mission we are committed to:
- Serving the educational needs
of our students and our community through programs and courses that
maintain high academic standards and develop a respect for learning in all
of our students.
- Developing intellectual
curiosity and integrity, and recognizing accomplishment in an atmosphere
of academic freedom.
- Offering courses and programs
which reflect academic excellence and integrity and which serve the
variety of needs and abilities of our students.
- Responding to economic,
demographic, intellectual, and technological changes through educational
program development and staff development.
- Helping students succeed in
meeting their educational goals by providing comprehensive instructional
and student support services.
- Challenging students to
participate fully in the learning process by teaching students to be
responsible for their academic success.
- Preparing our students for
participation as citizens at the local, national and global levels.
- Promoting awareness of and
maintaining sensitivity to ethnic, cultural and gender diversity within
our student body, faculty, staff, administration and course offerings.
- Promoting open access through
actively eliminating barriers to a college education.
- Contributing to the cultural
life of our community by presenting enrichment opportunities to our
students and community members.
- Securing and maintaining a
faculty and staff who are knowledgeable and current in their fields.
- Practicing participatory
governance within the institution through processes that are inclusive and
respectful of all participants and in which information and
decision-making are shared.
- Maintaining the stability of
our institution by exercising our public responsibility for sound resource
development and use in order to meet our commitments to the citizens of
the District.
- Promoting and maintaining a
safe learning and working environment.
- Reviewing our mission
statement periodically with participation by students, faculty, staff, and
administration.
- Promoting activities
and policies to increase awareness and knowledge of environmental issues
across the district.