1. Example Mission: To prepare students for today’s careers and tomorrow’s opportunities.

2. Example from a Technical College: To prepare students for today’s careers and tomorrow’s opportunities.

3. Example Core Themes: College is providing quality programs and services that students can access. Students are gaining needed skills for employment. College is developing strong community partnerships.

4. Example from a Community College: ……strengthens our diverse community by helping students access educational and career opportunities in a supportive environment that encourages success, innovation, service, and lifelong learning.

5. Strengthen our diverse community Provide educational opportunities Help students access career opportunities Support student success Encourage innovation, service and lifelong learning

6. What are the key elements of your mission statement? Lane Community College is the community’s college; we provide comprehensive, accessible, quality, learning-centered educational opportunities that promote student success.

7. Current Core Themes: Do they match? Academic Transfer: Foster student learning and success through accessible, quality academic transfer preparation. Career Technical and Workforce Development: Foster student learning and success through accessible, quality career technical preparation and workforce development. Foundational Skills Development: Foster student learning and success through accessible, quality foundational skill development. Lifelong Learning: Provide accessible, quality lifelong learning experiences for the communities we serve.

8. For LCC, If you are accomplishing your mission well, what are you doing?

9. First Example Mission: Students graduate, successfully transfer, find jobs in their fields, pass certification exams at national average rates; employers are satisfied with graduates they hire

10. Second Example Mission: Evidence of diversity awareness and persistence; FTE in each educational area and student perception of quality; satisfaction with career counseling, employment rates; student progression, retention, graduation and transfer; community education headcount

11. At LCC, How will you know that you are accomplishing your mission? What evidence of results will help you determine the extent to which you are fulfilling your mission?

12. Ways to Stay Involved Institutional Effectiveness Committee web page www.lanecc.edu/institutionaleffectiveness/core-themes E-mail feedback and suggestions to: InstitutionalEffectiveness@lanecc.edu