ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Dr. Francisco Arce,  Vice President

The mission of El Camino College is to meet the educational needs of our diverse community and ensure student success by offering quality comprehensive educational opportunities.

EL CAMINO COLLEGE is committed to being an open access institution and serving students of all ages, cultures and backgrounds.

Our exemplary faculty and professional staff recognize that individual, community and global needs are diverse and changing. In response to these needs the college offers comprehensive educational opportunities for:

• Achievement of Associate Degrees in Arts and Sciences
• Transfer to baccalaureate institutions
• Mastery of basic skills such as critical thinking, mathematics, written and oral communication
• Cultural enrichment and lifelong learning
• Acquisition of the necessary career education and skills to successfully participate in the workplace and global economy
• Development of the economy and jobs in the region and state

To assure the quality of these educational opportunities, the college is dedicated to implementing its stated institutional goals:

• Maintain optimal academic standards
• Ensure the availability of academic and student support services
• Provide the technology, infrastructure and facilities to support teaching and learning
• Foster a positive campus climate
• Create educational, business and community partnerships
• Follow progressive and prudent fiscal policies and practices
• Support continuous professional development for faculty and staff

Consistent with the mission statement, the College developed statements of philosophy, values and guiding principles as follows:

Statement of Philosophy

Everything El Camino College is or does must be centered on our community, for without our community, we have no students, no faculty or staff, no reason to exist.  It is our community that saw the need and valued the reason for the creation of El Camino College.  Therefore, it is to our community that we must be responsible and responsive in all matters educational, fiscal and social.