Richland College/DCCCD Board Operational Philosophy
Richland College is a teaching, learning, community building institution. To fulfill the public trust Richland College:
- offers a student learning guarantee to the institutions and employers receiving its graduates;
- measures its collective and individual behaviors against a statement of organizational values;
- makes decisions through a line organizational structure which receives input from those most affected by the decisions;
- seeks to maintain the highest possible credit ratings;
- views itself as a team player in the local community of educators, business people, elected officials, and other community leaders; and
- sees its role as a weaver of a seamless fabric of educational opportunity for the people of its service area.
As a major employer, Richland College:
- follows open search procedures which solicit the best available candidates for positions and which provides a balanced, diverse workforce;
- involves those most directly affected by hiring decisions in the candidate review process; and
- seeks to assure that competent performers do not lose real compensation through inflation.
In its organizational culture, Richland College:
- places ultimate value on student learning success;
- applies the principles of continuous quality improvement to achieve student learning success; and
- uses technology not only to teach distant learners, but also to educate, train, and retool both its students and its employees.