Salt Lake Community College

Vision

Salt Lake Community College will be the premier comprehensive community college in the nation.

Mission

Salt Lake Community College is a public, open-access, comprehensive community college committed to serving the broader community. Its mission is to provide quality higher education and lifelong learning to people of diverse cultures, abilities, and ages, and to serve the needs of community and government agencies, business, industry and other employers.

The College fulfills its mission by:

• offering associate degrees, certificate programs, career and technical education, developmental education, transfer education, and workforce training to prepare individuals for career opportunities and an enriched lifetime of learning and growing;
• offering programs and student support services that provide students opportunities to acquire knowledge and critical thinking skills, develop self-confidence, experience personal growth, and value cultural enrichment;
• maintaining an environment committed to teaching and learning, collegiality, and the respectful and vigorous dialogue that nourishes active participation and service in a healthy democracy. 

Salt Lake Community College

Goals 2006-2009

Provide quality higher education

• Implement the college-wide student learning outcomes assessment program and faculty and staff evaluations and reporting which measure and demonstrate the delivery of quality education.
• Create and financially support a comprehensive faculty and staff development program to ensure quality teaching and service methodologies are available and implemented by college community members.

Provide lifelong learning

• Create integrated and varied paths through cross-campus support and involvement which assists students toward lifelong learning experiences including academic and holistic wellness opportunities.
• Create processes for recognizing and integrating learning experiences regardless of the setting in which learning occurs.

Serve people of diverse cultures, abilities, and ages

• Create, enhance, and enrich courses, services and programs that are sensitive to the needs and goals of our students, employees and community members’ diverse cultures, abilities and ages.
• Increase the participation, retention and graduation rates of students from under-represented populations.

Serve the needs of community and government agencies, business and industry

• To create and institute a program development process and flexible curriculum delivery systems that allow Salt Lake Community College to be responsive to community needs while meeting our students’ needs for instruction that leads to employment, career advancement and degree attainment.
• Continue to expand and strengthen partnerships with government, business, industry and employers to increase education and training opportunities and open additional avenues for fund raising and community involvement.