Mission, Vision, & Values
Community Commitment
As an extention of our mission, vision and values, Columbus State in 2024 completed an extensive collaborative process bringing together different lived perspectives and viewpoints from across the institution to describe our intentions in how we interact with one another as a community of learning.
This process resulted in the composition of a new Community Commitment statement that augments the language we use to express the college's foundational aspirations.
Columbus State Community College strives to foster an equitable environment where everyone is welcomed into our learning and working community. We celebrate the humanity of every individual and value inclusive learning and working environments for all. We commit to removing barriers and expanding access for all of our people while respecting their unique lived experiences. Ultimately, we center our growing community and our students’ success in all of our work.
This statement reflects our unwavering commitment to our core values, dismantling barriers, and supporting the success of each member of our academic community. We are committed to fostering an environment that celebrates the contributions of all.
Thanks to the professionals within the Columbus State community who engaged the college in the creation and refinement of this statement into its final version.
Our Mission
To educate and inspire, providing our students with the opportunity to achieve their goals.
Our Vision
Columbus State Community College is central Ohio’s front door to higher education and a leader in advancing our region’s prosperity.
Our Values
STUDENT SUCCESS
We welcome and engage all students in creating individualized, accessible, and mutually
accountable pathways that allow them to pursue their goals.
EQUITY
We cultivate opportunities for all to succeed, working collectively to advance equitable
outcomes that benefit the many communities we serve.
QUALITY
We expect excellence and accountability in ourselves and our students.
INNOVATION
We embrace bold ideas and an entrepreneurial spirit, and we are responsive to the
changing needs of students, employers, and other stakeholders.
BELONGING
We celebrate the humanity of every individual, from any background, and commit to
creating an inclusive working and learning environment for all.
CONTINUOUS LEARNING
We continuously invest in an educational ecosystem devoted to teaching and learning
so that every individual can thrive in a constantly changing world.
PARTNERSHIP
We recognize that more can be accomplished collaboratively than individually, and
we seek like-minded partners to advance our shared goals.
STEWARDSHIP
We are careful and thoughtful stewards of the resources entrusted to us.
LEADERSHIP
We lead by action and example to help our community pursue opportunities and address
the challenges of the 21st century.
PRINTABLE MISSION, VISION, VALUES & COMMUNITY COMMITMENT
General Education Statement
General education at Columbus State Community College provides students with a well‐rounded educational experience that develops critical thinking skills and a broader knowledge of the larger world around them. Through a variety of academic disciplines, students develop and refine intellectual virtues like curiosity, open‐mindedness, and analytical judgment. Students also explore ideas, concepts, values, beliefs, social institutions, and cultural experiences that build a basis for civic virtues like public mindedness and an appreciation of the varieties of human existence.