B01.01.03 Douglas College Goals
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Effective Date: September 22, 1994 |
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Will Replace: November 18, 1993 |
Revision: X |
- to provide an environment that welcomes and responds to the multicultural and diverse nature of our society.
- to provide an environment that encourages and celebrates individual initiative and responsibility.
- to provide appropriate student services and education programs for students with a wide diversity of age, background, experience, interests and special needs.
- to provide students with the opportunity to meet their career goals and to pursue, with success, studies at other post-secondary institutions.
- to provide an opportunity for students to obtain a broad general education that will develop their capacities and creative talents and enable them to grow as human beings and good citizens of their community in aesthetic and/or applied pursuits.
- to make our programs, services and facilities available to as many people as possible, through curriculum organization, flexible schedules, and convenient locations.
- to ensure that our programs and services are affordable to students; correspondingly, that the College offers programs and services that are sustainable through time within its budget levels.
- to ensure that our programs have defined objectives and standards of excellence, evaluate them against their objectives and standards and make the results publicly available.
- to provide ongoing learning opportunities, and encourage professional development and self-improvement of our employees.
- to co-operate with community organizations whose interests and activities are consistent with those of the College, including the visual and performing arts, and recreation.