College of DuPage Mission
The Mission of College of DuPage is to be at the forefront of higher education, serving the needs of the community. The college will be the first place residents turn to for the highest quality education and cultural opportunities. The college will serve as a model of distinction for community college education.
To achieve this Mission, the college will:
- Recognize, develop, and support excellence in both learning and teaching.
- Foster an instructional and organizational climate that welcomes innovation, is open to change, and targets continual improvement and accountability.
- Maintain a comprehensive, dynamic curriculum, a varied educational delivery system, and a strong outreach effort ensuring that diverse learning needs are recognized and met.
- Offer programs and services that are flexible and accessible.
- Motivate and prepare students to qualify for and succeed in further educational endeavors.
- Promote critical and creative thinking and academic honesty.
- Provide relevant and thorough career education that prepares students to prosper in the world of work.
- Respond to the lifelong learning needs of residents and business.
- Support the personal and academic success of students through comprehensive student support services.
- Offer programs that educate students for responsible citizenship, civility, and mutual respect in a multicultural and global society.
- Prepare students to live and work successfully in an international environment.
- Broaden learning opportunities for our community by creating alliances within and beyond the college district.
- Serve as a center for the cultural and intellectual enrichment of our community.
- Model and promote environmental stewardship.
- Exercise integrity and responsibility in fiscal matters.
- Advance a college organization that learns continuously through team effort and draws upon everyone’s talents, work, and creativity.
Commitment to the Future
College of DuPage will meet the challenges of a dynamic community and maintain standards of excellence by continually examining and, where appropriate adopting new technologies, learning theory, and teaching methods. The college will respond to the needs of its community by providing quality education, training, information, and cultural opportunities. College of DuPage will continue to be an innovative institution that provides a powerful learning environment for all.
- This page based on data supplied in October 1997 -
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