Vision
CCAC provides a supportive and transformative learning environment that prepares graduates to meet critical needs in the region’s workforce. Stakeholders have strong personal connections with CCAC and support it as a sound investment in community and economic vitality.
Mission
The Mission of the Community College of Allegheny County is to provide affordable access to quality education and offer a dynamic, diverse and supportive learning environment that prepares the region’s residents for academic, professional and personal success in our changing global society.
Strategic Priorities 2011–2016
- Ensure the success of learners through ongoing assessment of learning outcomes and overall institutional effectiveness.
- Provide learners with opportunities, including programs and services, that enable success in academic, career, personal and civic pursuits.
- Develop and enhance partnerships, internal and external, that help identify and respond to the educational needs of the community.
- Guide and support the economic development of our region with responsive, solution-driven workforce training programs.
- Develop and deliver educational opportunities for learners at every stage of their lives.
- Promote learning through the effective application of available and expanded resources.
- Enable CCAC learners to share, learn and apply principles of diversity that foster a culture of inclusion and understanding at the college and within the global community.
College Values
Learning
We provide a caring and professional learning environment that places the needs of students first in our decision making.
Excellence
We are committed to high academic standards, quality services and the ongoing development, recruitment and retention of qualified and accomplished faculty and staff.
Innovation
We expect and reward exploration, inquiry and entrepreneurship that anticipate and respond to the needs of students, the community and employers.
Diversity
We are a leader in forging positive relationships among diverse communities in our region by creating an inclusive environment for teaching and learning, with a commitment to the recruitment and success of a diverse student body, faculty and staff.
Community
We develop collaborative internal and external partnerships that include the sharing of resources, information and ideas to meet the educational, economic and social needs of the community.
Teamwork
We create a positive college culture in which everyone is valued. Our effective work environment is built on a foundation of trust, empowerment and cooperation.
Integrity
We maintain an environment that encourages an open exchange of ideas. Data and information are used to drive decision making, allocate resources, set strategic direction and assess results.
Performance
We are strategically focused and committed to achieving and recognizing results that are consistent with our mission, enduring goals and strategic objectives.
Stewardship
We are effective and ethical stewards of the resources placed in our trust. Seeking, using and protecting financial, physical, technological and human resources are a shared responsibility.
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