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College Mission Statement Review Process

The current district mission, vision, and values are available at the District Mission, Vision, and Values Statements web page. These statements also make up Board Policy 1200.

 

College Mission Review Process

The following process for reviewing the college mission statement every three years was approved at the November 19, 2021 Team A meeting.

The college mission, vision, and values statement will be formally reviewed every three years, starting in Fall 2022.

Questions for review of the college mission statement

  • Have the demographics of students served by the college changed?
  • Have the educational/career training needs of our students changed?
  • Have state laws changed?

Question for review of the college vision and values statements

  • Has there been a significant change in our organizational structure, the manner in which we are working together, or the types of issues we should be addressing?

Review and revision will move through the following committees in order:

  • Team B
  • Team A
  • IPCC
  • College Executive Committee
  • Board of Trustees

 

Historical Mission Statement Review

Before 2021, the college used the process below for reviewing the mission statement.

The mission statement is regularly reviewed, in accordance with the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College’s accreditation standard I.A.4 (“The mission statement is periodically reviewed and updated as necessary”). The mission statement is reviewed annually by the Master Planning Committee (Team A), which includes division chairs, administrators, and representatives of all college constituencies, including faculty, classified staff, and students. As part of the same process, the mission statement is also reviewed annually by the Planning Resource Committee (Team B), the steering committee for Team A. The following list describes the steps for reviewing the mission statement and revising it, if revision is deemed necessary.

  • At its first meeting in the Fall semester of each year, Team A reviews the current mission statement. Team A members are asked to discuss the mission statement with the groups they represent.

  • Suggestions for revisions to the mission statement are submitted to Team B, which discusses proposed revisions and may prioritize them, rewrite them, or add new proposed revisions.

  • At a Team A meeting in the Spring semester, Team B introduces proposed revisions. Team A discusses the proposals and votes on whether to accept them or not. If Team A approves the revision, it is forwarded through the governance process to the Institutional Planning Coordination Committee (IPCC) and, if approved, the Executive Committee, and it is included as an information item on the agendas of four governance committees: Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Administrative Affairs, and the Campuswide Computer Coordinating Committee. If the revision is approved by the Executive Committee, it is sent to the Board of Trustees for approval.

    The list below describes the revision history of the Glendale Community College mission statement since 1998.

  • As part of the master planning process, a new mission statement was written, approved by the Master Plan Task Force (the predecessor to Team A), and approved by the Board of Trustees in January 1998. The 1998 mission statement included the college mission, five items that were later renamed core values, and six objectives and functions of the college.

  • In Fall 2007, as part of the revision of the master plan, Team B rewrote the mission statement, moving the five core values into a separate statement of core values. The revision was forwarded to Team A, who reviewed, revised, and approved it. A final rewrite of the mission statement was voted on at the November 14, 2007 Team A meeting, then reviewed by the several standing committees in the governance system, forwarded to the Campus Executive Committee and taken to the Board of Trustees for final approval. The new mission statement was approved by the Board of Trustees at their March 17, 2008 meeting.

  • The mission statement was discussed at the October 24, 2008 Team A meeting and suggestions for changes were solicited. No suggestions were received and the mission statement was not modified.

  • The mission statement was discussed at the October 22, 2010 Team A meeting and suggestions for changes were solicited. Team A members were asked to present the mission statement to their constituency groups in order to broaden feedback about the mission statement, in response to a suggestion in the 2010 accreditation team report. At its December 3, 2010 meeting, Team B passed a motion to recommend no changes to Team A.

  • The 2011-2012 review of the mission statement was initiated at the November 18, 2011 Team A meeting. It was suggested that Team B present a draft revision. Team B worked on the mission statement and presented a draft at the May 18, 2012 Team A meeting. Team A referred the draft back to Team B. Team B again brought a draft to the Team A meeting on October 12, 2012. This draft, with a wording change, was approved by Team A and sent to the Campus Executive Committee, which approved the mission statement on November 13, 2012. The new mission statement was approved by the Board of Trustees at its February 25, 2013 meeting.

  • The mission statement was discussed at the October 18, 2013 Team A meeting. Team A voted to keep the current mission statement.

  • With the changes to ACCJC’s accreditation standards finalized in 2014, Team B looked at the new standards and the college mission statement and proposed a revision at its September 23, 2014 meeting. The proposal was revised by the Academic Senate on October 16, 2014. The Senate’s revision was approved by Team A on November 21, 2014. The Board of Trustees conducted a reading at its study session on December 2, 2014. The Campus Executive Committee conducted readings on December 9, 2014 and January 20, 2015. The Board of Trustees conducted a first reading on December 16, 2014 and approved the mission statement and vision statement as Board Policy 1200 on January 27, 2015.

  • The Academic Senate revised the college’s Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs) in 2015. Because the ILOs are incorporated into the mission statement, the mission statement revision process was used to update the mission to incorporate the new ILOs. The Board of Trustees conducted a first reading of the revised mission statement on February 16, 2016 and approved the revision as Board Policy 1200 on March 15, 2016.