Anne Arundel Community College

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Mission Statement

With learning as its central mission, Anne Arundel Community College strives to embody the basic convictions of the American democratic ideal: that individuals be given full opportunity to discover and develop their talents, energy and interests, to pursue their unique potentials and to achieve an intellectually, culturally and economically satisfying relationship with society. Such opportunity should be easily available and readily accessible to all Anne Arundel County residents. Students enrolling in associate degree transfer or career programs, certificate career programs or participating in continuing education offerings can be assured that the college, as an accredited, public, comprehensive, open-admission institution of higher learning with affordable tuition, is, within the limits of its resources, vigorously committed to: * Fostering excellence of teaching and learning for students, faculty and staff; * Offering credit programs and continuing education courses in a variety of formats responsive to a multiplicity of community needs; * Providing for learners at various preparation points, from pre-college to postgraduate, a range of integrated credentialing opportunities; * Providing appropriate services in support of academic success and student development; * Affording Anne Arundel County residents an opportunity to pursue higher education and lifelong learning; * Providing a campus climate which invites the diversity of the community's population; * Upholding rigorous and fair standards of student achievement; * Promoting lifelong learning; * Providing a source for intellectual, cultural and physical vitality in the community; * Planning for efficient allocation of college resources and for institutional effectiveness; * Maintaining a spirit of collegiality among the various sectors of the college; and * Promoting county and state economic development by providing a variety of educational services and training programs to business and industry in both the private and not-for-profit sectors and to national, state and local government agencies.