Mission And Goals
Mission:
To serve students’ educational needs to the extent possible under the State’s legal charge and available funding, providing the environment for students and faculty necessary for the pursuit, communication, and interpretation of knowledge, wisdom, and truth.
The primary mission of the Yuba Community College District is to provide rigorous, high quality curricula in:
- Lower division arts and sciences
- Vocational and Occupational fields
- Business-focused training for economic development
- An essential and important function of the District is to provide:
- Remedial/Basic Skills instruction
- English as a second language instruction
- Postsecondary Student Support Services
- Non-Credit Adult Instruction
An authorized function is to provide:
- Community Education courses and programs
- Institutional Research
Goals:
The Yuba Community College District will provide:
- Lower division courses for students planning to transfer to a four-year college or university.
- Occupational, technical, and general education courses leading to an Associate degree, certificate, occupation enhancement, or the broadening of one’s educational background.
- Economic development, including business and industry focused training.
Student services and programs to enhance students’ opportunity for success.
- Curricula that enhance awareness of social change and cultural diversity.
-Instruction that encourages communicating effectively and thinking critically.
- Instruction in basic skills.
- Community education classes designed for a particular audience or need.
- Community surveys to determine and respond to community needs.
- Professional development and inservice opportunities for all staff to keep them abreast of current developments in their fields so that they, in turn, may provide the best educational opportunities for the student and community.