Scottsdale Community College 2018-19 Catalog
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www.scottsdalecc.edu SCOTTSDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE MCCCD General Information MCCCD General Information 127 2019-2020 CATALOG & STUDENT HANDBOOK Governing Values (Board Policy 4.1) Our Vision A Community of Colleges — Colleges for the Community — working collec tively and responsibly to meet the life-long learning needs of our diverse students and communities. Our Mission The Maricopa Communit y Colleges provide access to higher education for diverse students and communities. We focus on learning through: • Universit y Transfer Education • General Education • Developmental Education • Work force Development • Student Development Ser vices • Continuing Education • Communit y Education • Civic Responsibilit y • Global Engagement Our Institutional Values The Maricopa Communit y Colleges are commit ted to: Community We value all people – our students, our employees, their families, and the communities in which they live and work. We value our global communit y of which we are an integral par t. Excellence We value excellence and encourage our internal and ex ternal communities to strive for their academic, professional and personal best. Honesty and Integrity We value academic and personal honest y and integrit y and believe these elements are essential in our learning environment. We strive to treat each other with respec t, civilit y and fairness. Inclusiveness We value inclusiveness and respec t for one another. We believe that team work is critical, that each team member is impor tant; and we depend on each other to accomplish our mission. Innovation We value and embrace an innovative and risk-taking approach so that we remain at the forefront of global educational excellence. Learning We value lifelong learning oppor tunities that respond to the needs of our communities and are accessible, af fordable, and of the highest qualit y. We encourage dialogue and the freedom to have an open exchange of ideas for the common good. Responsibility We value responsibilit y and believe that we are each accountable for our personal and professional ac tions. We are responsible for making our learning experiences signif icant and meaning ful. Stewardship We value stewardship and honor the trust placed in us by the communit y. We are accountable to our communities for the ef f icient and ef fec tive use of resources as we prepare our students for their role as produc tive world citizens. 2.1 General Regulation 1. General Statement Compliance with Policies, Rules and Regulations Ever y student is expec ted to know and comply with all current published policies, rules and regulations as stated in the college catalog , class schedule, and/or student handbook. Documents are available on each college's website. Policies, courses, programs, fees and requirements may be suspended, deleted, restric ted, supplemented or changed through ac tion of the Governing Board of the Maricopa Communit y Colleges. The Maricopa Communit y Colleges reser ve the right to change, without notice, any materials , information, curriculum, requirements and regulations . Note: The regulations that comprise the student sec tion contain language that appears in various sources such as the Catalog Common Pages and the Student Handbook. All areas became Administrative Regulations with the 1996 adoption of the Governance Model. Changes are made annually either through the Administrative Regulations approval process, or by Board approval for those items that fall under its statutor y dut y, such as Tuition and Fees. In an ef for t to prevent duplication, topics in this sec tion may be incorporated by reference, as they are featured in other areas of the manual and are noted accordingly. The Maricopa Count y Communit y College Distric t Vision, Mission and Values that are featured in the Common Pages are a par t of approved Governing Board polic y and are located in the polic y sec tion of the manual. A s such, the following statement related to Outcomes A ssessment that appears in the Common Pages is presented here as a general statement. 2. Outcomes Assessment The mission of the Maricopa Communit y Colleges is " to create and continuously improve af fordable, accessible, and ef fec tive learning environments for the lifelong educational needs of the diverse communities we ser ve." In order to evaluate how successfully the Maricopa Count y Communit y College Distric t accomplishes this mission, student outcomes will be assessed as par t of the continuous improvement process. Students may be asked to par ticipate in a variet y of assessment ac tivities at each college. A ssessment results will be used to improve educational programs, ser vices and student learning.