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Strategic Plan 2025-2028: Reclaim Your Momentum
We are thrilled to announce the kick-off for the 2025-2028 Strategic Plan: Reclaim Your Momentum, launching October of 2023. Our plan will articulate the college’s focus on equitable student success, and guide our future steps as we work to deliver access to quality education in a collaborative culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This endeavor will help shape the direction of PCC for the coming years, ensuring that we continue to serve our students, faculty, and community with excellence.
Letter from the President
Dear Portland Community College,
As President of Portland Community College, I must lead the charge to:
- Ensure equitable access, opportunity, affordability, and successful outcomes for all students;
- Balance commitment to quality learning experiences, economic and workforce development, performance outcomes, and strategic priorities;
- Preserve the authenticity of our reputation and articulate the value of our institution throughout the community, region, and state;
- Cultivate an environment where the tenets of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are intentional, consistent, evident, and effective. Ultimately, all that we do must align and directly correlate with our Mission.
Your enthusiasm and dedication are what make PCC the extraordinary institution it is today, and I look forward to embarking on this exciting journey with you. Your voice and insights are invaluable and there will be multiple opportunities for collaborative engagement during the input sessions listed below. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to Portland Community College, and here’s to a future filled with renewed momentum and endless possibilities, and boundless opportunities. Together, we will chart a path forward, grounded in our collective vision and purpose.
Faculty and Staff Input Sessions
RSVP for a faculty and staff input session
Note: Due to space issues at the Cascade Campus, the input sessions for Cascade faculty and staff are scheduled at the Opportunity Center at 42nd Ave. Two sessions have been added for employees at the Cascade Campus who are unable to travel to the Opportunity Center at 42nd Ave.
Sylvania
- Tuesday, February 6, 2024, 10-11:30am
- Tuesday, February 6, 2024, 2-3:30pm
- Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 10-11:30am
- Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 2-3:30pm
Southeast
- Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 10-11:30am
- Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 2-3:30pm
Rock Creek
- Monday, February 19, 2024, 10-11:30am
- Monday, February 19, 2024, 2-3:30pm
- Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 10-11:30am
- Thursday, March 7, 2024, 2-3:30pm
Cascade
- Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 10-11:30am
- Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 2-3:30pm
Opportunity Center (42nd Ave)
- Friday, February 9, 2024, 10-11:30am
- Friday, February 9, 2024, 2-3:30pm
Remote
- Monday, February 26, 2024, 9-10:30am
- Monday, March 4, 2024, 10:30am-12 noon
- Monday, March 4, 2024, 3-4:30pm
Student Focus Group Sessions
We received an overwhelming response from students who are eager to contribute to shaping the future of PCC. However, due to limited seats available, we are unable to accommodate everyone this time. To share your feedback via email, please contact Sarah Rose Evans at sarah.roseevans@pcc.edu.
Southeast
- Thursday, January 25, 2024, 11:30am-1pm
Cascade
- Tuesday, February 6, 2024, 11:30am-1pm
Rock Creek
- Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 11am-1pm
Sylvania
- Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 11:30am-1pm
External Community Partner Sessions
Rock Creek
- March 6, 2024, 5:30-7pm
Southeast
- February 20, 2024, 5:30-7pm
Questions?
For more information, please contact the Strategic Planning Manager, Sarah Rose Evans, at sarah.roseevans@pcc.edu.
Reclaim Your Momentum: Why is it Important?
“Reclaim Your Momentum” signifies our collective mission, passion, and purpose to push the boundaries of what’s possible. Reclaiming Momentum is not just a plan; it’s a promise to revitalize and reenergize our commitment to excellence.
See a description of the 2025-2028 Strategic Planning Process diagram
- 2023:
- The 2025-2028 Strategic Planning Process Begins. Strategic Themes Established
- 2024:
- College Divisions (Academic Affairs, Finance, etc.) brainstorm Strategic Objectives related to themes.
- PCC Community Poll on which Strategic Objectives to ratify
- Strategic Objectives finalized and approved by the board
- 2025:
- Proposal process opens for projects to achieve Strategic Objectives
- Projects Approved and Implementation Begins
See a description of the seven phases of the 2025-2028 Strategic Planning Process
- Preliminary planning and dialogue to outline the process, plan, and development of the College’s strategic plan. This phase primarily involves collaboration and partnership between the Office of the President and Strategy, Policy, and Integrated Planning.
- Establish platforms and forums to promote intentional and productive open communication, transparency, and dialogue with internal and external stakeholders. The College prioritizes various methods and structured (but flexible) scheduling to create a collaborative environment for stakeholder engagement.
- Utilize a data-driven approach to assess the landscape, evaluate, and ideate. This will encompass both internal and external factors in the current environment.
- Review and Prioritization Work sessions will focus on reviewing the draft report (summarizing key themes identified through the stakeholder engagement process), providing feedback, identifying high-level strategic themes, and facilitating engagement within their respective divisions/departments
- The Board will approve the Strategic Themes and Objectives for the College.
- The SPIP division is primarily responsible for the institutional implementation of the approved plan. This will include Proposal Development; Proposal Prioritization and Approval; Project Development; and Project Implementation.
- A cycle of regularly collecting, reviewing, reporting, and acting on information about Project Implementation. Throughout the lifecycle of a project, objectives will be defined, measured, and evaluated through SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound) metrics.
Strategic Plan 2020-2025: Discovering New Possibilities
Looking for information about the previous strategic plan? See the 2020-2025 Strategic Plan: Discovering New Possibilities.
Strategy, Policy, and Integrated Planning
Learn more about the Strategy, Policy, and Integrated Planning Division.