51±¬ÁÏ Mission Statement
Mission
51±¬ÁÏ transforms a diverse community of learners with education and empowerment to become responsible stewards and leaders in a dynamic global community.
Vision
51±¬ÁÏ will advance social equity by maximizing the human potential of all students through innovative educational programs and services.
Values
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
51±¬ÁÏ values student validation, affirmation, and belonging as essential for a successful educational experience. As a Hispanic Serving Institution, we strive to create a welcoming culture that recognizes and respects these students within the complex and beautiful mosaic of intersectionality embodied in the 51±¬ÁÏ community.
Student-Centered
51±¬ÁÏ values students and prioritizes them in the work of the college by creating an accessible and safe environment that promotes access, choice, opportunity, and student voice – an environment that meets students’ needs, interests, and aspirations.
Student Success
51±¬ÁÏ values student success in meeting their intellectual, cultural, and personal goals. We value practices, processes, policies, and pedagogy that result in student outcomes that can no longer be predicted by structural inequalities related to race, gender, disability, or socioeconomic status.
Access and Opportunity
51±¬ÁÏ values access to education as a practice of freedom. We subscribe to the philosophy that education should not be preserved for the elite, but rather must be accessible to anyone and everyone desirous of higher education. We value access to programs and services that are unimpeded by structural, procedural, or bureaucratic barriers.
Kindness, Care, and Respect
51±¬ÁÏ values a culture of compassion, empathy, respect, and collegiality, providing all students, employees, and community members with the opportunity to share space in a nurturing, respectful, caring environment in which to study, work, and thrive.
Openness and Innovation
51±¬ÁÏ values creativity as key to knowledge production, teaching, and problem solving. We cultivate spaces where risks are encouraged and where innovative thinking is supported.
51±¬ÁÏ Partnerships
51±¬ÁÏ values deep and meaningful engagement and collaboration with community-based organizations, local and regional partners, businesses, and educational institutions.
Sustainability
51±¬ÁÏ values our commitment to practicing wisdom and discernment to sustain our fiscal, human, and environmental resources into the future.