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Mission and Commitments

Founded in 1964 as part of the North Carolina Community College System, Southeastern Community College is a public, comprehensive community college providing individuals in Columbus County with accessible educational, cultural, and social opportunities designed to improve the quality of their lives. Utilizing multiple and alternate methods of instructional delivery, the college provides learning experiences for those preparing for an occupation upon graduation, for those in the work force seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills, and for those transferring to a baccalaureate institution. The college offers programs leading to the awarding of continuing education units, certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees.


The college seeks to further serve the community at large by offering basic skills and literacy education for adults, by supporting economic development through services to business and industry, and by providing programs and services that improve the quality of life.


Committed to excellence and dedicated to belief in the dignity, worth, and uniqueness of each individual and the fundamental right of each person to realize his/her fullest potential, Southeastern Community College encourages student success by providing a learning environment that fosters effective communication, freedom of expression, cultural awareness and enrichment, professional and intellectual growth, personal assessment, and decision-making skills.


The college provides a physical and intellectual environment for the faculty, staff, and student body that promotes cultural, ethnic, racial, and gender diversity. Further, the college offers services and supports practices and programs that embody the ideals of an open, democratic, and global society and that ensure the effective and efficient operation of the college. Southeastern Community College Commitment Each member of the college community shares responsibility to:

  1. Assist individuals in accomplishing their educational, career, social, and personal goals.
  2. Assist individuals in developing basic skills necessary to further their education, obtain employment, or satisfy personal goals.
  3. Prepare individuals for college-level studies through successful completion of developmental courses.
  4. Prepare individuals through workforce development programs for employment or for upgrading of technical skills.
  5. Assist individuals in developing their skills and content knowledge to be successful after transferring to a senior institution.
  6. Provide individuals with opportunities for lifelong learning and cultural enrichment.
  7. Actively promote economic growth and development
  8. Provide the support needed for the appropriate and orderly operation and growth of the college.
  9. Seek external resources needed for the successful development and growth of programs and services.
  10. Provide an accessible, attractive, clean, and safe learning environment.
  11. Provide a campus climate that recognizes the needs of individuals of different cultures and backgrounds, ensures that the participation in SCC's programs and services is reflective of the composition of the college's service area, and encourages the inclusion of minorities in leadership roles.
  12. Promote Southeastern Community College through institutional advancement and through public relations, marketing, and advertising activities.
  13. Provide appropriate, efficient, and secure access to technology in support of the learning college.


Developed by the SCC Planning Committee, April 2005. Affirmed by the Vision/Mission/Goals Council, March 2007.


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