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.