Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon Portland Community College

2023-2024 Board Goals

PCC's Strategic Plan: Belonging, Workforce, Delivery, and Enterprise

Statement: Continue strategic oversight of college performance in partnership and collaboration with the President.

Belonging

Strategic goal: Ensure that the Board of Directors and the President advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in measurable and strategic ways.

  • Monitor the recruitment, hiring, and retention of employees of color.
  • Monitor the awarding of contracts to D/M/W/ESB/SDV companies.
  • Integrate people and culture centered strategies into its policymaking processes and all board functions.
  • Support a people-centered approach to the well-being of students and staff.

Enterprise

Strategic goal: Through the development of policy, a strong relationship with the college president, and effective public advocacy, ensure that Portland Community College is well-positioned to meet the current and future needs of the communities it serves.

  • Support the ongoing success of the President in leading the college.
  • Engage in strategic advocacy with city, county, regional, state, federal and tribal governments.
  • Engage in Board development by participating in evaluations, professional development, board structure and training.

Delivery

Strategic goal: The Board of Directors and the President holds itself accountable for improving equitable student success.

  • Monitor semiannual performance on access, enrollment, retention, and completion rates for all students, and work with the President and Administration to reduce and eliminate disparities in these rates for low-income students and students of color.
  • Utilize personal and professional networks to establish new strategic partnerships that bring new resources to the goal of improving outcomes for students (e.g., resources that address student housing and food insecurity, the PCC Campaign for Opportunity, etc.).
  • Support the president in leading the college through financial support to Student Success initiatives

Workforce

Strategic goal: Advocate for workforce development.

  • Understand strategic-level workforce data, and partner with the president and college administration to close talent and opportunity gaps and move students into quality, livable wage careers. Advocate for and support private, local, state and federal policy and investments in community colleges to promote holistic workforce development strategies.
  • Communicate the benefits of the recent bond measure to community members, partners and stakeholders as it pertains to workforce development and equitable student success.