Designs for Distinction
2004 - 2009 Strategic Plan
Vision Statement
Anoka-Ramsey Community College is committed to
developing articulate, critical and creative
thinkers who are responsible contributors to the community.
Philosophy and Mission Statements
Anoka-Ramsey Community College is an open-door,
comprehensive higher education institution
committed to excellence in teaching and learning.
Anoka-Ramsey
is committed to responding to the educational
needs of its changing communities and to providing
opportunities
for enhancing knowledge, skills, and values
in a supportive learning environment.
Statement of Values
Anoka-Ramsey Community College:
- Values trust, fairness, honesty and
integrity in all interactions
- Promotes opportunities for lifelong intellectual,
professional, and personal learning
- Provides an integrated collegiate learning experience
stressing basic skill development, academic
excellence, employable skill preparation, and intellectual rigor
- Embraces diversity within and beyond the college
and responds to the needs of its local community,
nation, and world
- Encourages creative thinking and intellectual curiosity
- Promotes continuous improvement through innovative
ideas and technologies
back to top  Statement of Purpose
The college will provide the following:
- Courses leading to these degrees: associate
in arts, associate in science, associate in fine
arts,
and associate in applied science
- College-level, lower-division courses that transfer
to four-year colleges and universities
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General education courses that enhance a student’s
social, cultural, multicultural, and intellectual
knowledge and experiences
- Occupational courses and programs that enable students
to acquire and upgrade skills and knowledge
leading to employment or re-employment
- General education courses for joint programs and
courses for cooperative programs offered by
Anoka-Ramsey Community College and other higher education institutions
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Developmental education that enhances the student’s
skills necessary for success in college coursework
- Continuing education in the form of credit and
non-credit courses and workshops for purposes
of gaining employment, advancing professionals, upgrading skills,
and addressing training and retraining needs
- Comprehensive student development programs, including
professional, social, cultural, multicultural,
and recreational activities
- Student services that assist students with personal,
educational, and career goals
- Community services in the form of cultural forums
and lifelong learning opportunities
back to top Guiding
Principles for Curriculum and Assessment of Student
Learning
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
continually reviews and assesses its curriculum.
Throughout this process, the College is committed
to developing
students’ commitment to lifelong learning
through clear thinking, effective communication,
accepting diversity, and ethical decision making. As
a result, the College will provide learning experiences
that promote learning in the following areas:
- Clear Thinking: thinking
through reasoning, creating, and reflecting
- Effective Communication: integrating
information with experience and expressing
insights
- Accepting Diversity: understanding
and respecting individuals and local, regional,
national, and global communities
- Ethical Decision Making: maintaining
responsibility for environmental, political,
economic, social, and personal concerns
back to top Institutional Goals
Academic Accountability
To provide quality educational experiences
that help students achieve their educational
and career
goals and leave the college with core learning
skills applicable over their lifetime.
Access
To preserve and promote the college’s open-door
policy by providing access to quality educational
programs and services for students and community members.
Curricula
To maintain and develop curricula within all educational,
continuing education, and customized training programs
that prepare learners for success within a global
marketplace and develop their commitment to lifelong
learning through clear thinking, effective communication,
accepting diversity, and ethical decision-making.
Institutional Culture
To create and share responsibility for maintaining
an institutional culture that models our core values,
collegiality, creativity, diversity, leadership,
and scholarship.
Instruction
To provide and support excellence in instruction
in all disciplines and program areas with an emphasis
on encouraging the creation and delivery of exemplary
learning experiences.
Partnerships
To maintain and develop internal and external partnerships
that lead to the cooperative and coordinated delivery
of unduplicated quality educational programs and
services and quality economic, cultural, and community
development.
Support Services
To continually improve services that help teachers
teach and students succeed.
Technology
To leverage electronic education and services as
core elements of college functions in the pursuit
of the College’s comprehensive mission.
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