Key Imperatives & College Goals

Learning is fundamental to everything the college does and to everyone the college serves. Under Teaching and Learning Excellence, we develop goals to ensure that everyone has a role to play in advancing student-centered work. Goals under this imperative ensure that students not only learn but excel; faculty not only teach but innovate; and administrators and staff not only support but enact vital decisions and actions.

The specific college goals are:

Lifelong Connections encompasses the various ways that ECC interacts with students - from initial contact with the college; through orientation and admission; enrollment in programs and courses; and onto graduation and beyond. Regardless of where students are in life, whether they enroll for an entire program or only take a course or two, we want to build relationships that meet their current learning needs. At the same time, we want to be a trusted lifelong resource for their future needs as students or as community partners.

The specific college goals are:

We want ECC to be an engaging and welcoming place. The ECC Experience captures this quality and gives life to our institutional identity or "persona." The ECC Experience represents for:

• Students – a college that remains open and accessible to all, supports their academic success, and advances personal and professional growth.
• Employees – a college that rewards excellent service; cares about their professional development; and values their talents through hiring, retention, and succession planning.
• Community – a college that designs programs responsive to their needs and delivered with a spirit of service.

The specific college goals are:

Fortify Our Future is a three-pronged imperative. First, from a student perspective, this imperative ensures that we keep ECC affordable and that we support students' goals while setting them on a path toward financial success. Second, from an institutional perspective, Fortify Our Future ensures the financial health of the college and a future in which we manage budgets well, reduce costs, decrease overhead, and increase revenues. Third, from an operational efficiency standpoint, this imperative ensures our efforts pay off; funds and outcomes meet intended targets; and we consider internal and external opportunities to streamline and synergize for optimum efficiency.

The specific college goals are: