Culture Statements

Vision | Values | Mission | Initiatives

Vision Statement
Ocean County College aspires to be an institution of distinction where an exceptional faculty and staff serve to awaken students to a love of learning. We foster educational innovation through effective teaching-learning strategies to develop and nurture intentional learners who are both empowered and informed. We work to be ever new, offering through education the perpetual hope and promise envisioned by the founders of our nation. We employ sophisticated technology and sound learning assessment, clearly focused on student success. We offer quality cultural events, accessible programs that advance our commitment to learning throughout life, and educational opportunities that arise from our unique seacoast and pineland environments. Our nationally recognized model for planning and resource management, our institutional effectiveness design, and our creation of strategic partnerships for college advancement signify our intention of taking a leadership position in the academic community. Our ultimate and most lasting vision-ensuring that our students have what they need to transfer well, to find meaningful career opportunities throughout their lives, and to thrive in an increasingly diverse and complex world-affirms our continuing desire to be, quite simply, the best.

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Values

• The freedom of intellectual pursuit
• A commitment to multiple teaching-learning styles
• An open-door environment with accessible faculty and staff
• A respect and an appreciation for cultural diversity
• A climate of civility and courtesy
• A family spirit in an intellectual community
• A collaborative, creative and team-spirited approach to leadership
• The highest personal and institutional integrity
• The highest standards of professional commitment

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Mission Statement
It is the mission of Ocean County College to foster excellence and a caring environment through its commitment to:

• Offer comprehensive educational programs that develop intentional learners of all ages and ensure the full assessment of student learning in these programs;
• Provide broadly-based student support, starting from our initial contact with every individual, regardless of his or her unique needs;
• Measure employee attitudes toward the workplace and student attitudes toward the learning experience and make responsive adjustments in institutional strategies;
• Provide a well-designed campus and facilities with advanced technology;
• Address our human resource needs by recruiting and hiring highly qualified people and continuing to develop the potential of each employee;
• Generate and manage fiscal resources to best serve strategic priorities;
• Organize a leadership team committed to outreach, development, engagement, institutional effectiveness, and a fully realized implementation of the college's vision;
• Reach out to members of the Ocean County community and beyond in order to create meaningful, fulfilling, and mutually beneficial partnerships.

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Strategic Initiatives
2005-2010

It is the college's goal to include the following strategic initiatives in all its planning, assessment, and resource allocation activities in order to effect its vision, embrace its values, and achieve its mission. The college will actively promote and assess:

1. Educational excellence that embraces quality teaching, new presentation modes, programs to develop intentional learners, and rigorous educational assessment used to improve teaching and learning;
2. The creation of a campus culture in which students can thrive and reach their fullest potential by receiving increased access to technological support, improved advising and transfer services, the full benefits of financial aid, retention services, and a comprehensive selection of co-curricular activities;
3. Advancement, partnering, and outreach, whereby the college seeks mutually beneficial connections and associations that promote its mission, its programs, and its culture of collaboration;
4. Enhanced facilities and technology that support exceptional teaching and learning, institutional growth, and overall institutional effectiveness;
5. Planning and assessment that are linked to resource management and institutional effectiveness;
6. Human resource development through the continuation of best practices in hiring, bargaining, and conflict resolution and in the continued expansion of employee development and training programs;
7. Continued development of varied events, programs and facilities that engage students and community members in rewarding athletic, artistic, cultural and service-oriented activities.

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Contact:
Janet Hubbs, Assistant to the President for Institutional Effectiveness

Office of Institutional Effectiveness
732.255.0400 ext.2195
fax 732.255.0444