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Introduction
2015-2016 Catalog
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Mission Statement
Reedley College, including its centers and sites, provides an
accessible educational environment ensuring high-quality
innovative learning opportunities supported by services for
student success. We offer associate degree programs, career
technical education, transfer level and basic skills courses.
We instill a passion for learning that will meet the academic,
workforce, and personal goals of our diverse population.
Core Values
Reedley College is dedicated to the following core values:
• An atmosphere of intellectual curiosity
• Personal integrity, accountability and
individual accomplishment
• Experiences designed to promote critical thinking
• Cultural literacy
• A highly qualified staff of educators and support
personnel who support and promote the diversity of
our unique community
• A flexible attitude towards change and
encourage innovation
• To develop each student’s full potential
• Respect for self and others
• Comprehensive curriculum offerings and lifelong
learning opportunities
• Quality services for students to support and enhance
their success
Philosophy
At Reedley College, we believe that people’s lives are enriched
in an atmosphere of intellectual curiosity, personal integrity,
and individual accomplishment. The college furnishes
experiences designed to promote critical thinking, enhance
cultural literacy, and foster an awareness of the interdependence
of all persons and their environment.
Reedley College is committed to maintaining a highly
qualified staff of educators and support personnel who
reflect the diversity of our unique community. We embrace
a flexible attitude toward change and encourage the spirit of
innovation.
The goal of the college is to develop each student’s full
potential as well as respect for self and others. To this end, the
college provides comprehensive curriculum offerings, lifelong
learning opportunities, counseling, and educational services.
Vision
Reedley College strives to be a leading educational institution
in California’s Central Valley.
Institutional Learning Outcomes
Students are expected to develop the following knowledge,
skills, and abilities as a result of their overall experience at
Reedley College.
Communication Skills
• Interpret various types of written, visual, and verbal
information.
• Organize ideas and communicate precisely and clearly
to express complex thoughts both orally and in writing.
Critical Thinking and Information Literacy
• Analyze quantitative information and apply
scientific methodologies.
• Employ critical and creative modes of inquiry to
solve problems, explore alternatives, and make decisions.
• Synthesize researched information obtained from
accurate, credible, and relevant sources to
support, advance, or rebut an opinion.
Global and Community Literacy
• Analyze the fine arts, humanities, and social sciences
from cultural, historic, and aesthetic perspectives.
• Apply historical and contemporary issues and events
to civic and social responsibility.
• Demonstrate sensitive and respectful treatment of
a variety of ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic
backgrounds.
Personal Development
• Access current knowledge, skills, and abilities to further .
develop them and apply them to new situations.
• Incorporate physical and emotional principles to
make healthy lifestyle choices.
• Make ethical personal and professional choices.