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MISSION
The College District is a comprehensive, public community college
serving a diverse South Texas area. It is a student-centered institution committed to the highest integrity and to the development of
an educational culture that supports creativity, encourages professional development, and promotes excellence in all areas.
PURPOSE
The goals of the College District shall be to:
1.
Provide technical/vocational programs leading to associate
degrees or certificates;
2.
Provide postsecondary freshman and sophomore courses in
arts and sciences that transfer to senior postsecondary institutions and that lead to associate degrees;
3.
Support local and statewide needs for occupational upgrading
and workforce development through adult literacy, education,
and retraining programs;
4.
Provide access to postsecondary education with an open admissions policy that includes developmental education programs;
5.
Enhance the learning environment by providing support services to meet the requirements of educational programs, faculty, and students;
6.
Maintain a campus conducive to learning; that is environmentally and functionally safe, accessible, attractive, and wellequipped;
7.
Provide counseling, educational advising, job placement and
guidance programs to assist students in achieving their educational, personal, and career goals.
VISION
The College District is a leader in providing quality education for
life-long learning by dedicating its resources to promoting a learning-centered environment that empowers its students to attain their
highest potential and become responsible members of the global
community.
CORE VALUES
The core values of the College District are:
1.
Learning
2.
Respect
3.
Innovation
4.
Service
5.
Excellence
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Integrity
7.
Leadership
8.
Collaboration
9.
Diversity
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10. Communication
The College District shall publish its purpose, role, and mission
statement in its official publication for students, generally the College District catalog.
STATEMENT OF
ETHICS AND
INTEGRITY
The College District shall apply the highest ethical standards to all
members of the College District community including the Board,
administration, staff, and faculty in achieving its mission and in
managing its resources efficiently and effectively to reach its goals
and objectives. The College District seeks to treat each person of
the College District community as a unique individual and provide a
positive, encouraging, and success-oriented environment. The
College District policies and practices that protect the rights and
development of each individual in the College District community
shall be enforced. Protection from unlawful discrimination, including conduct that constitutes sexual harassment, and freedom to
develop as a student and/or College District employee shall be
promoted. The College District accepts its responsibilities to its
students, to its employees, and to the members of the community:
the College District is committed to meet these responsibilities with
balance, fairness, accountability, and ethical integrity.
In order to express more adequately the affirmation of our professional responsibilities, we the Board, administration, staff and faculty members of the College District do adopt, and hold ourselves
and each other subject to, the following standards of ethical behavior:
1.
We shall treat all persons with respect, dignity, and justice,
without arbitrary discrimination based upon race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or veteran status.
2.
We shall strive to help each student realize his or her full potential as a scholar and as a human being.
3.
We shall by example and action encourage and defend the
unhindered pursuit of truth by teachers, administrators, nonacademic personnel, any other higher education employees,
and students supporting the free exchange of ideas, observ-
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ing the highest standards of academic honesty, integrity,
scholarship, and tolerance of other viewpoints.
4.
We recognize the necessity of many diverse roles in the educational enterprise and shall work in a manner that enhances
cooperation and collegiality among students, faculty, administrators, and nonacademic personnel.
5.
We shall recognize and preserve the confidential nature of
professional relationships, neither disclosing nor encouraging
the disclosure of information or rumor that might harm, embarrass, or violate the privacy of any other person.
6.
We shall maintain competence through continued professional development, demonstrate that competence through consistently high quality performance, and enhance that competence by accepting and appropriating constructive criticism
and evaluation.
7.
We shall exercise the highest professional standards in the
use of time and resources.
8.
We recognize the needs and rights of others as embodied in
the College District and shall fulfill our respective employment
agreement with the College District both in spirit and in fact,
give reasonable notice upon resignation, and neither accept
tasks beyond the scope of one’s qualifications nor assign
tasks to unqualified persons.
9.
We shall support the goals and ideals of the institution and
shall act in public and private affairs in a manner that will
bring credit to the College District.
10. We shall observe the stated rules and regulations of the College District, reserving the right to seek revision.
11. We shall participate in the governance of the College District
by accepting a fair share of committee and institutional responsibilities.
12. We shall support the right of all to academic freedom and due
process.
13. We shall not support the continuation in higher education of
an individual known to be persistently unethical or professionally incompetent.
14. We shall accept the rights and responsibilities of citizenship
while avoiding use of the privileges of public position for private or partisan advantage.
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15. We shall not engage in verbal or physical conduct that denigrates or shows hostility toward any individual or group because of gender that: has the purpose or effect of creating an
intimidating hostile or offensive working or academic environment; has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering
with an individual’s performance of duties or studies; or otherwise adversely affects an individual’s employment or academic opportunities.
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