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Vision Statement
Rio Hondo College strives to be an exemplary California community college,
meeting the learning needs of its changing and growing population and developing
a state of the art campus to serve future generations.
Mission Statement
“Rio Hondo College is a collaborative center of lifelong learning which provides
innovative, challenging, and quality educational offerings for its diverse
students and community.”
(Mission Statement revised 12/13/05)
Values Statement
As a
teaching/learning community, we come together and strive to meet the needs,
aspirations, and goals of our changing student population and communities. Since
what we value forms the core of who and what we are, the college
community--trustees, faculty and staff--recognizes the importance of openly and
candidly expressing the college's values. Rio Hondo College values the
following:
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Quality teaching and learning
The college is dedicated to excellence in instruction and student
services to develop the intellectual and personal competence of each
student. Rio Hondo College is committed to preparing students to adapt to
the demands of a multicultural society.
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Student access and success
Rio Hondo College recognizes the individual worth and potential of every
human being. Accordingly, the college offers an open access, comprehensive
educational program to its students including basic skills, vocational
education certificates and degrees, general education and transfer courses,
and, for its community, economic development opportunities.
At Rio
Hondo College, students will have an opportunity to develop ethical values,
learn the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, develop career skills,
and understand the scientific, artistic and social achievements of various
cultures including their own.
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Diversity & Equity
Rio Hondo
College remains committed to the diversity of students, faculty, staff, and
management Diversity can be defined in many ways including ethnicity,
gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities,
religious beliefs, learning styles, political beliefs, or other ideologies.
Appreciation of diversity means the following:
- Recognizing that each individual is unique
and understanding individual differences.
- Recognizing the things that people have in
common despite being members of diverse groups
- Creating a safe, positive, and nurturing
environment that cultivates respect for what these differences are
- Moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing
and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity as a way of coming together
as a community with a common purpose.
The concepts of educational
equity and student learning outcomes are central to the values of the
College. Access to education and the opportunity for educational success for
all students shall be provided, with particular efforts in regard to those
who have been historically and currently underrepresented. Education should
prepare students to adapt to the demands of a multicultural society.
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Fiscal Responsibility - Rio
Hondo College recognizes the importance of maintaining a fiscally sound,
efficient, and effective college operation. It uses its resources—human,
facilities, and financial—to the optimum benefit of its students, community,
and staff.
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