Core Requirement CR 10:

The institution provides student support programs, services, and activities consistent with its mission that promote student learning and enhance the development of its students.

Collin County Community College District (CCCCD) provides student support programs, services, and activities consistent with the College’s mission to be “a student- and community-centered institution committed to developing skills, strengthening character, and challenging the intellect” (Reference 1).

The Student Development Division, as well as other areas of the institution, provide such services while remaining consistent with the College’s core values—a passion for learning, service and involvement, creativity and innovation, academic excellence, dignity and respect, and integrity (Reference 2). CCCCD student support programs sustain student learning in an integrated and collaborative manner. The Student Development mission statement, “We enrich students' lives and support their success, serving everyone with dignity and respect,” (Reference 3) reflects the institutional commitment to enhance the total education of the student by providing activities, programs, and services that encourage the development and synthesis of personal values and principles required for success inside and outside the classroom.

The numerous CCCCD student support programs, services, and activities are categorized and listed in a linked table (Reference 4). The table further links to individual Web pages. A review of these programs, services, and activities verifies their consistency with the College’s mission and core values. The following outline serves as an illustration of how selected programs, services, and/or activities conform to the institutional mission and core values:

…developing skills

• Alternative Learning Centers (ALC)
• Math Labs
• Writing Centers
• Tutoring
• Developmental Education

…strengthening character

• Student Leadership Academy
• Recognized Student Organizations
• LULAC Youth Leadership Academy and Young Adult Council
• SPECTRUM: Student Ambassadors for Diversity

…challenging the intellect

• Emerging Scholars
• College Bound/ Concurrent High School Enrollment
• Center for Advanced Study in Mathematics and Natural Sciences (CASMNS)

…passion for learning

• Center for Scholarly and Civic Engagement
• Learning Communities
• CISCO Academy
• Learning Resource Centers
• Concurrent Enrollment Agreements
• Honors Institute
• Seniors Active in Learning (SAIL)

…service and involvement

• Service Learning
• Recognized Student Organizations
• Mentoring
• Honor Societies

… creativity and innovation

• Media Technology Services
• Student Life
• New Student Orientation
• Distance Learning Center
• Online Tutoring

…academic excellence

• Academic Advising
• ACCESS
• Testing Centers
• Admissions and Records Office
• Student Life
• American Sign Language Lab
• Academic and Personal Enhancement (ACPE) Classes
• Students on Academic Action Program (SOAAP)
• Support Services for Student Athletes

…dignity and respect

• Financial Aid
• Child Development Centers
• International Student Office
• NETWORKS
• PROMISE

…integrity

• Dean of Students Office
• Wellness Program
• Athletics

The CCCCD Student Handbook (Reference 5) provides the College community with an overview of support programs, services, and activities, as well as a calendar of events. In addition, the Handbook defines College procedures and the student code of conduct.

Comprehensive student support programs, services, and activities are housed at the Central Park Campus, the Preston Ridge Campus, and the Spring Creek Campus. In addition, appropriate services are available online and at off-site locations.

The CCCCD Student Development Division (Reference 6) consists of 11 departments:

• Academic Advising
• Testing
• Admissions and Records
• Financial Aid and Veteran’s Affairs
• Career Services and Cooperative Work Experience
• Counseling Services
• Dean of Students
• Student Life
• Recruitment and Programs for New Students
• International Student Office
• ACCESS - Services for Students with Disabilities

Each year, the Student Development Division departments create individualized achievement indicators to support the District’s Strategic Goals (Reference 7). The year-end divisional status report (Reference 8) is sent to Institutional Research, while each department reviews and assesses its individual goals.

Another accountability and planning measure relates directly to the Student Development Three Year Plan (Reference 9). This plan links the Student Development mission with academic, technology, budget, and institutional strategic planning.

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