Mission
Laredo College is a learner-centered institution transforming students’ lives through educational programs and services to fulfill the dynamic needs of its local, regional, national, and global community.
Vision Statement
Laredo College aspires to cultivate a learning, teaching, and working environment that facilitates student success and promotes institutional excellence.
Core Values
Laredo College values:
Learner Centered: It’s all about students!
Realization of educational and professional goals.
Learning Connections: It’s all about partnerships!
Collaboration with all stakeholders.
Leadership & Change: It’s all about innovation!
Empowerment for our students, faculty, and staff.
Life Changing: It’s all about transformation!
Excellence & Innovation that responds to student and community needs.
Institutional Goals
Goal 1: Student Success
Ensure students have adequate access and support for the achievement, completion and success of their educational goals.
Goal 2: College of the 21st Century
Design and implement collaborative pathways to enhance student learning through innovative teaching and services.
Goal 3: Institutional Positioning
Optimize institutional positioning in response to community needs and uphold excellence in all programs and services.
Goal 4: Resource
Secure and retain appropriate financial, physical, and human resources to ensure continued and effective college operations and growth.
Institutional Effectiveness
Laredo College continuously seeks to improve the quality and effectiveness of all programs and services. The information collected to determine institutional effectiveness may be in the form of surveys, focus groups or evaluations. Students will be expected to participate in the collection of this information. Data generated from these assessments are provided to regional agencies such as the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) as well as to the State of Texas to demonstrate and document the quality and effectiveness of the institution.