拥有80多个学位和证书课程, 免费的培训机会和最先进的设施, 哈德逊山谷社区学院 has been a first-choice higher education destination in the Capital Region for more than 60 years.
成立于1953年, 哈德逊山谷社区学院 is the largest community college in upstate New York and offers degree and certificate programs in three schools: 商科及文科; 健康科学; and Science, 技术, Engineering and Math (STEM); and also administers the 教育机会中心 for academic and career training at no cost to those who qualify. 纽约州立大学系统内30所社区学院之一, 哈德逊河谷招收了超过19名学生,000 students in credit and non-credit courses and is a recognized leader in distance learning and workforce development. 该学院有9万多名校友.
HVCC provides rigorous academic curricula and challenging co-curricular opportunities to promote the development of leadership qualities in students and to facilitate leadership development among faculty, 工作人员, 和学生. 无论是在我们的教室里, 实验室, 网络环境, 或整个首都地区, HVCC教员, 工作人员, 和学生 lead the higher education landscape while developing the next generation of global citizens.
HVCC对卓越的承诺推动着教师, 工作人员, 和学生 to consistently strive for outcomes that are exemplary rather than simply satisfactory. This striving for excellence touches on all aspects of life at our institution, 从学术课程(校内), 在线, 对我们的环境, 从学生服务到体育运动, 从出版物到我们的日常活动. 我们庆祝我们的成就和对更大社会的贡献.
可访问性 to high-quality education is vital to the growth and prosperity of the local, 国家, 以及国际社会. HVCC provides educational access to a diverse community of traditional and non-traditional learners in an environment that fosters lifelong learning and freedom of inquiry and expression.
Each individual must be able to work and learn in an atmosphere of respect, dignity, and acceptance. Our commitment to diversity requires each of us to continuously ensure that our interactions are respectful, 保护言论自由, 激发学术自由. HVCC重视所有人的公平、包容和尊严. 我们认识到，我们的差异使我们更强大. We take action when we observe someone being treated unfairly or in a demeaning manner.
为学生提供有意义的服务是HVCC生活的中心, 学生的服务也是如此, 工作人员, 以及我们更大的社区的教职员工. 我们分享技能和专业知识，通过校园诊所帮助他人, 校外实习, 服务学习, and numerous volunteer opportunities to extend the culture of service well beyond our campus.
目标和目的
加强和促进卓越的教学和学术成就. 1.1 Provide faculty with a variety of resources and opportunities for professional development. 1.2 Provide a variety of resources and opportunities to meet the academic and technological needs of students. 1.3开发, encourage and support effective and innovative teaching and learning environments and approaches that will assist the college in adapting to changing student academic needs. 1.4 Create opportunities for student engagement and learning outside the classroom. 1.5 Maintain and enhance an environment that supports student goal attainment, 比如转移, 毕业, 就业和个人/专业丰富. 1.6检查, revise and/or develop effective and innovative academic courses and programs in response to identified needs. 1.评估教学环境的有效性, to ensure that the goals and standards of the college’s academic programs are achieved.
发展和支持以学生为中心的大学环境. 2.提供全面的学术和非学术支持服务. 2.2 Maintain and enhance a systematic and integrated approach to retention, 学生的坚持与成功. 2.3 .维护和完善综合招生管理制度. 2.为所有学生提供有效的学术建议. 2.5 Maintain a comprehensive scheduling system and course schedule that is responsive to student needs. 2.提高学生支持服务的意识, 大学政策和校园赞助的活动. 2.培养学生在教育中的责任感和参与度.
促进大学社区的多样性、公平性和包容性. 3.1 Develop and promote institutional programs and processes that embrace diversity, 公平与包容. 3.2 Promote an environment of diversity, equality and respect for all members of the campus community. 3.3增加招聘, retention and success of both students and employees from under-represented groups.
Create and sustain a technological environment that is supportive of all academic and administrative needs. 4.1 Provide for continuous review and upgrading of technology as it serves academic and administrative applications. 4.2 Maintain secure, reliable and redundant administrative and academic information systems
维护和改进行政服务. 5.1 Promote communication, cooperation, collaboration and shared decision making. 5.2 Promote fiscal responsibility and accountability throughout the college. 5.3 Support the 工作人员 with the necessary resources and opportunities for professional and personal development. 5.4 Promote a respectful and collaborative approach to the bargaining process. 5.5 .提供清洁, safe and accessible environment that meets the needs of the campus community and is conducive to teaching and learning. 5.定期评估所有行政服务的有效性.
Continue to develop and foster mutually beneficial relationships with the community. 6.1 Encourage and support administrative and academic partnerships with businesses, 教育机构和社会. 6.2 Promote the college as an exemplary educational institution by focusing on institution-wide marketing and the unique merits of each program. 6.3 Promote and encourage community service by students, faculty, and 工作人员. 6.作为社区、文化和公民资源. 6.5 Promote and support college initiatives that generate external revenue. 6.为大学项目和倡议寻求外部财政支持.
