Core Values (Approved by Big Group, 3/12/03 )

Master List of Core Values:  

-          Quality Instruction

-          Diversity

-          Respect

-          Innovation, Creativity and Adaptability

-          Collaboration      

-          Community

-          Leadership

-          Student Centered

-          Empowerment

-          Services

-          Support

-          Ethics

-          Access

-          Physical

-          Educational

Expanded List of Core Values:

Quality Instruction

-          Learner Centered

-          Promote Critical Thinking

-          Academic Students – Consistent/Clear

-          Delivery Modes

-          Broadening Horizons

-          Empowerment

-          Teaching Styles

-          Academic Freedom

-          Evaluation – Outcomes Based

-          Current/Relevant

-          Classroom Management

-          Instilling Ethics

-          Innovative

Diversity

-          Ideas

-          Cultures/Languages

-          Individuality

-          Ages

-          Gender

-          Ability

-          Socioeconomic Status

-          Curriculum

-          Talents

-          Services

-          Learning Styles

Respect (the individual)

-          Culture

Innovation, Creativity and Adaptability

-          Changing Needs

-          Technology

-          Shared Vision

-          Flexibility

-          Purpose

-          Culture

-          Responding to Community Needs

Collaboration

-          With Students

-          Students/Staff & Faculty

-          Within Departments

-          With Community

-          With Other Schools

-          Learning Communities

-          Communication

Community

-          Empowerment

-          Of Students

-          Needs – Continuously Study and Respond

-          Communication

-          Outreach

-          Collaboration

-          Mutual Interdependence

Leadership

-          Promote Student Leadership

-          Classes

-          Involvement in Shared Governance

-          Communication to Students

-          Faculty and Staff Involvement in the Community

-          Change Agents

-          Risk Taking

-          Institutional with Community

-          Best Practices

-          Accountability

Student Centered

-          Excellent Customer Service

-          Ensure Growth and Development

-          Giving Students a Voice

-          Students’ Needs First

-          Consistency

-          Staff Training to Serve

-          Success and Achieve Goals

Ethics

-          In Course Content

-          Best Practices

-          Training

-          Humanistic Values

-          Student and Faculty Confidentiality

-          Modeling

Access

-          Physical

-          Services and Equipment

-          Academic

-          Classes Available

-          Unlimited Access

-          Variety in Courses

-          Reflection of Community at Large

-          Accessibility of Variety of Students