Values - "We Believe"
LEARNING: Learning is a lifelong process reflected in an academic
continuum of developmental, general, technical, and transfer and continuing
education
AFFORDABLE: Quality educational opportunities must be affordable,
convenient, and geographically accessible for all students;
ACCESS: Open educational access requires the use of a variety of
instructional strategies and technologies to accommodate individual learner
needs and varied learning styles;
QUALITY: Quality and excellence occur in a continuous improvement
climate that recognizes emerging technologies, values applied experiences,
advances community and business partnerships,
DIVERSITY: Students deserve a respectful, safe, and caring environment that supports personal growth and embraces diversity;
CITIZENSHIP: Student life enriches educational, career, cultural, recreational, and social development in preparation for citizenship in a global society;
SUCCESS: Student services enhance educational experiences, promote personal well-being, and support student success;
ACCOUNTABILITY: Public investment in higher education assumes a promise of fiscal responsibility;
DIFFERENCES: Higher education in a multi-cultural setting values academic freedom, develops critical thinking, and accepts philosophical differences.
Most Influential Trends in RCTC's Landscape (in prioritized order on a ten point scale)
1. From Competition to Cooperation: New Alliances and Strategic
Partnerships 8.4
2. The Accountability Question - Focus on Performance 8.0
3. Boom Town - Demographic and Economic Expansion and Diversification
7.6
4. What do We Want to be When We Grow Up? 7.13
5. Opening of the Learning Market "The Net Impact" 7.0
6. To Brand, or not to Brand 6.93
7. The Changing Value Equation: Customer and Stakeholders Dynamic
Requirements 6.93
8. Relevancy and Speed to Knowledge - Shortening of Product-Life-Cycles
6.93
9. Houston We Have a Problem 6.6
10. Proliferation of New Competition is Resegmenting the Marketplace
6.27
11. An Interim We Will Go 6.2
12. Walks Like a Duck, Acts Like a Duck...is a Duck. 5.6