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Accreditation Administration Contact Mesa College Initiatives Driving Directions MISSION / VISION / VALUES Faculty & Staff Resources MISSION Gainful Employment Governance San Diego Mesa College empowers our diverse student body to reach their educational goals and Institutional Effectiveness shape the future. As a comprehensive community college committed to access, success, and equity we Mesa Foundation promote student learning and achievement leading to degrees and certificates in support of transfer Mission/Vision/Values education and workforce training, and lifelong learning opportunities. Faculty and staff collaborate with our students to foster scholarship, leadership, and responsibility to effect positive change within our Office of Communication community. Office of Resource Development Office of the President VISION Professional Development San Diego Mesa College shall be a key force in our community to educate our students to shape the future.

VALUES

Access Accountability Diversity Equity Excellence Freedom of Expression Integrity Respect Scholarship Sustainability

PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

How we assess effectiveness: Equity/Access Engagement/Retention Persistence Success Institutional Effectiveness

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS AND GOALS

1. Deliver, advance, and support an inclusive teaching and learning environment that enables all students to achieve their educational goals. 2. Build and sustain a sense of community that extends across campus and constituencies, nurturing collaboration, learning, growth, and diversity. 3. Build and sustain pathways in support of the comprehensive community college mission. 4. Support innovation in our practices. 5. Support personal growth and professional development of our employees. 6. Serve as stewards of our resources and advance effective practices in support of accountability.

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G San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College continuing education classes to the multicultural eneral Information and San Diego Miramar College are public two-year population surrounding its Ocean View Boulevard community colleges administered by the San Diego site. In 1979-80 the administration of the Evening Community College District. Also under the auspices College program was merged with those of the day of this district are the Continuing Education division college programs at San Diego City, San Diego Mesa, with six major centers throughout San Diego, and and San Diego Miramar Colleges. the Educational Cultural Complex which offers both With both college and continuing education college and continuing education courses. These programs, the San Diego Community College District educational programs carry out the charge made by is the second largest community college district the voters of San Diego in 1972, that the San Diego in California and offers a choice of educational Community College District provide education for all programs unparalleled in the region. high school graduates and adults 18 years of age and older in the district. This charge includes providing adult basic education through sophomore-level college degree programs, with both academic and Statement of vocational curricula. Community college education in San Diego can be Philosophy traced to 1914 when the Board of Education of the The general education program at the colleges San Diego City Schools authorized postsecondary in the San Diego Community College District is classes for the youth of San Diego. Classes opened designed to broaden students' knowledge and their that fall at San Diego High School with four faculty understanding of methods of gaining knowledge members and 35 students. in a variety of disciplines and to develop students' abilities in critical thinking, in oral and written City College was first established in 1916 and was communication, and in mathematics. located at San Diego High School. For 25 years the Junior College program was located at San Diego The awarding of an Associate Degree symbolizes State University. In 1938, the San Diego Vocational the intent of the college to lead students through Junior College was established to offer training patterns of learning experiences designed to in technical-vocational skills to post high school develop an awareness of other cultures and times; students. The following year the San Diego Evening to achieve insights gained through experience in Junior college was set up to provide college classes thinking about ethical problems; and to develop the in the evening for adults unable to attend day capacity for self-understanding. In addition to these classes. accomplishments, students should possess sufficient depth in some field of knowledge to contribute to In 1964, San Diego Mesa College was opened to lifetime interest. 1,800 students. Five years later, in 1969, San Diego Miramar College opened on 140 acres in what was then undeveloped land north of the Miramar Naval Air Station, now known as Mira Mesa. Unlike Institutional City and Mesa Colleges which offered a range of general education classes, Miramar College began by Learning Outcomes concentrating on law enforcement and fire science Mesa College has adopted the following Student training. It has since broadened its curriculum to Learning outcomes for the Associate Degree. include the general education college courses needed by students in the rapidly growing northern Critical Thinking: Students will be able to evaluate area of the city. the credibility and significance of information, effectively interpret, analyze, synthesize, explain, and In November 1972, the voters approved separating infer concepts and ideas; solve problems and make the San Diego Community College District from the decisions; and construct and deconstruct arguments. San Diego Unified School District. The first election Examples will include, but are not limited to, the of community college district trustees was held in following: November 1973. The year 1976 brought the opening

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