Vision, Mission, and Values
Mission
Cuesta College transforms a diverse community of learners with education and empowerment
to become responsible stewards and leaders in a dynamic global community.
Vision
Cuesta College will advance social equity by maximizing the human potential of all
students through innovative educational programs and services.
Values
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Cuesta College values student validation, affirmation, and belonging as essential
for a successful educational experience. As a Hispanic Serving Institution, we strive
to create a welcoming culture that recognizes and respects these students within the
complex and beautiful mosaic of intersectionality embodied in the Cuesta College community.
Student-Centered
Cuesta College values students and prioritizes them in the work of the college by
creating an accessible and safe environment that promotes access, choice, opportunity,
and student voice – an environment that meets students’ needs, interests, and aspirations.
Student Success
Cuesta College values student success in meeting their intellectual, cultural, and
personal goals. We value practices, processes, policies, and pedagogy that result
in student outcomes that can no longer be predicted by structural inequalities related
to race, gender, disability, or socioeconomic status.
Access and Opportunity
Cuesta College values access to education as a practice of freedom. We subscribe to
the philosophy that education should not be preserved for the elite, but rather must
be accessible to anyone and everyone desirous of higher education. We value access
to programs and services that are unimpeded by structural, procedural, or bureaucratic
barriers.
Kindness, Care, and Respect
Cuesta College values a culture of compassion, empathy, respect, and collegiality,
providing all students, employees, and community members with the opportunity to share
space in a nurturing, respectful, caring environment in which to study, work, and
thrive.
Openness and Innovation
Cuesta College values creativity as key to knowledge production, teaching, and problem
solving. We cultivate spaces where risks are encouraged and where innovative thinking
is supported.
Community Partnerships
Cuesta College values deep and meaningful engagement and collaboration with community-based
organizations, local and regional partners, businesses, and educational institutions.
Sustainability
Cuesta College values our commitment to practicing wisdom and discernment to sustain
our fiscal, human, and environmental resources into the future.
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