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The Strategic Plan will launch in 2025 and guide us through 2028. It is guided by Portland Community College’s mission:
Portland Community College supports student success by delivering access to quality education while advancing economic development and promoting sustainability in a collaborative culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Strategic Plan 2025-2028 Themes
Operational Excellence
Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Fiscal Sustainability: We are a high-performing institution, achieving long-term fiscal sustainability through implementing best practices in our financial and reporting systems, streamlining administrative processes, and attracting alternative revenue sources.
Shared Values
People, Connectedness, and Empowerment: Through a human-centered approach, we foster a vibrant college community, by cultivating a sense of belonging and care through shared governance, professional development, and transparency in decision-making.
Technological Transformation
Agility, Innovation, and Readiness: Through a forward-looking mindset we maintain a sustainable technology infrastructure, supporting instructional and operational readiness, enabling the college to remain agile in the evolving higher education environment.
Holistic Student Support
Integrated, Affordable, and Accessible: We provide holistic student support by integrating comprehensive wrap-around services, support for basic needs, and financial assistance, creating a supportive environment where every student thrives.
Academic Excellence
Student Success, Delivery, and Programming: As an institution of choice, our diverse modalities, equity driven student-centered approach, and robust academic and career pathways empower students to achieve economic mobility, enhanced by quality instruction grounded in inclusive teaching practices, and strategic enrollment planning practices.
Community Engagement
Workforce, Education, and Industry Alignment: We maintain strong partnerships with community, education, and industry partners, offering premier workforce and training programs, collaborating to address regional employment needs to increase local economic growth, supporting underserved communities, and ensuring workforce readiness and living wages for our students.
Our Four Goals
PCC’s Board of Directors approved the 2025-2028 Strategic Plan goals in January 2025. These four goals provide the blueprint for our future and the priorities that will propel the college forward.
Goal 1
New Student Onboarding
- Theme: Holistic Student Support
- Objective 1: Redesign New Student Orientation experience and learning outcomes that align with the First Year Experience, ongoing student engagement, and just-in-time information for all credit and academic noncredit incoming students.
- Objective 2: Optimize the use of existing student support technology, as part of the new student onboarding experience.
- Objective 3: Develop onboarding processes that are accessible, available in multiple languages, and informed by culturally responsive, identity-affirming, and trauma-sensitive practices, starting with the “steps to enroll” webpages.
Goal 2
Fully Implement Strategic Course Scheduling
- Themes: Operational and Academic Excellence
- Objective 1: Fully Implement Strategic Course Scheduling recommendations and move to an annualized schedule to increase fill rates, utilization of data, and improve operational practices.
Goal 3
Fully Implement Guided Pathways
- Themes: Academic Excellence, Holistic Student Support
- Objective 1: Create a program map of all academic programs and transfer disciplines.
- Objective 2: Create and pilot a mechanism for continuous improvement of Pathway Teams.
- Objective 3: Design a continuous improvement framework for assessing program map functionality and performance.
Goal 4
Increase Student Scholarships and Funds for Wrap-Around Supports
- Theme: Holistic Student Support
- Objective 1: Cultivate and sustain thriving philanthropic partnerships that significantly increase revenue to address unmet student needs.
- Objective 2: Grow and engage donors and funding partners through acquisition, renewal and retention.
Latest News and Highlights
On the Spot @ PCC
Be sure to listen to the podcast with Sarah Rose Evans (Strategic Planning Manager with Strategy, Policy & Integrated Planning) talking about Strategic Planning at PCC. [Transcript is available]
Student and Employee Feedback Report
Learn more about the themes. The Strategic Themes for PCC’s 2025-2028 Strategic Plan reflect the valuable input of over 1,400 faculty, staff, students, and community members who participated in our input sessions. The insights, aspirations, and feedback collected can be found in the Student and Employee Feedback Report [pdf].
The Strategic Themes will guide the prioritization of goals across the college. The community will have the chance to provide feedback on which goals should be included in the final plan through a poll open from November 11 – November 22, 2024.
About the Strategic Plan
Through the implementation of our Strategic Plan, Portland Community College will ensure equitable access, opportunity, affordability, and success for all students. We will balance our commitment to quality learning experiences and economic and workforce development.
We will preserve the authenticity of our reputation and articulate the value of PCC throughout the community, and we will cultivate an environment where the tenets of diversity, equity, and inclusion are intentional, consistent, evident, and effective.
Strategic Plan Overview
The framework of the Portland Community College Strategic Plan was developed by the collective insights and aspirations of our academic community. Over three months, we engaged faculty, staff, and students to gather their perspectives on our institution’s future. Recognizing the value of diverse perspectives, we actively sought input from all stakeholders. During winter term 2024, 769 staff and faculty members and 649 students contributed their insights in a process aimed to address immediate concerns and build a strong foundation for future initiatives
This collaborative effort reflects our commitment to inclusivity and excellence, ensuring our strategic plan is visionary and grounded in the real experiences of those who shape PCC daily.
Core Values for Transformative Change and Innovation
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Supporting a diverse population is crucial for PCC’s future. Ensuring diversity and accessibility in innovations is essential
- Student-Focused Supports and Services: Expanding teaching resources, financial support, and services for distance learners is essential.
- Community Building: Enhancing connections through social events, clubs, and resources.
- Integrity, Fairness, and Honesty: Emphasizing transparency, respect, and honesty in all practices.
- Adaptability and Thoughtful Stewardship: Emphasizing flexibility and sustainable practices.
- Excellence in Education: Providing high-quality, student-focused education.
- Positive Work Environment: Addressing employee morale through shared governance and equitable practices.
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.
Questions? Contact Sarah Rose Evans, Strategic Planning Manager, at sarah.roseevans@pcc.edu