Mission Documents: Mission, Vision, Values
Mission Statement
Jackson Community College is an institution of higher education whose mission is to assist learners in identifying and achieving their
educational goals.
In fulfilling its mission, Jackson Community College will provide learning opportunities and other programs and services which:
- Enable learners to transfer college credit and successfully pursue their education at other institutions.
- Enable learners to become employed and advance in a variety of occupations.
- Enable learners to participate successfully in general, occupational or transfer programs.
- Enable learners to take and pass appropriate licensing and/or certification examinations.
- Enable learners to become or remain productive employees.
- Enable learners to develop the skills of entrepreneurship.
- Support the economic development of the community.
- Enrich cultural, occupational and other intellectual interests of learners and the community.
- Enable learners to become globally aware and engaged.
- Enable learners to develop skills associated with sustainability.
Vision Statement
Jackson Community College is a world-class institution of higher learning where learners succeed and community needs are met.
In realizing this Vision, the College:
- Maintains high academic standards through
- Excellence in instruction,
- State-of-the-art technologies, and
- Superior customer service.
- Is concerned about and attends to the complex needs of learners;
- Reaches out to all students, traditional and non-traditional, to promote the value of higher learning;
- Encourages and empowers all who work at JCC to use innovative and creative approaches to helping students learn;
- Provides opportunities for an intellectually stimulating, enjoyable and meaningful learning and working environment;
- Advances its economic, social, and environmental sustainability (i.e., triple bottom line); and
- Is a resource for the citizens and organizations of the communities it serves.
Values
The following organizational values shall guide all policies and practices at the College.
INTEGRITY
- Responsible, accountable and ethical behavior.
- Honest and open communication.
- Intellectual honesty.
CARING
- Mutual respect and trust.
- Commitment to student success.
- Responsiveness to student and other customer needs.
- Respect for differing viewpoints.
INTERDEPENDENCE
- Partnerships with business, industry, government, other educational entities and our communities.
- Active student participation in their own learning.
QUALITY
- Academic excellence.
- New ideas and technologies to serve our students and other customers.
- Creative risk taking.
- High quality programs and services.
- Continuing improvement in team-based culture.
INCLUSION
- Programs and activities that attract, nurture and support a diverse student and staff community.
- Programs accessible to all persons in the college service area.
SERVICE
- Service to our students and from our staff.
- Student learning from service activity through focused educational opportunities and course content.
- Students and staff connected with each other, the institution and the community.
PROFESSIONALISM
- Attitudes, action and comments demonstrate professional conduct and reflect on the organization in a positive light.
