Wayne County Community College District’s mission is to empower individuals, businesses, and communities to achieve their higher education and career advancement goals through excellent, accessible, culturally diverse, and globally competitive programs and services. 

Vision Statement

Wayne County Community College District will be known as a premier community college and innovator in the areas of high quality academic and career education, talent development in support of regional economic growth, diversity and inclusion, and technological advancement.

Wayne County Community College District’s Values

1. Supporting Excellence in Teaching and Learning:
We value and support effective teaching and learning. We are committed to excellence in teaching and learning as defined by high standards for student learning outcomes. We are committed to providing a supportive, caring, safe, and responsive learning environment for students that will maximize their opportunity for academic and career success. We value our faculty and staff as productive contributors to the future of the college and its students. 

2. Honoring Diversity
We honor the worth of individuals of all racial, gender, ethnic, and national origins, and we value persons from all socio-economic, educational, and experiential backgrounds. We value our role as “Democracy’s College,” providing an open door of educational opportunity to all who can benefit from our services. We help our students live responsibly in a global society by nurturing in them an increased appreciation and understanding of diverse cultures and ideas.

3. Serving the Common Good
We value being an integral part of the communities we serve, providing community services that improve the economic, social, cultural, and educational life of these communities.

4. Being Accountable
We are accountable to the students who depend on us to provide them with a quality education, to the citizens who support us with their tax dollars, and to the businesses that depend on us to provide them with highly trained employees. We commit to being good stewards of the resources that are provided to us to carry out our mission.

5. Operating with Integrity
We exemplify the values of honesty, responsibility, trust, fairness, reliability, and mutual respect in every aspect of our work.

The Importance of WCCCD’s Foundational Statements

WCCCD’s foundational statements are truly those on which the District is founded. These statements are a declaration of why the District exists, what its values are, what it does to carry out its mission and values and what it will become in the future. When completed, these statements will appear in all the District’s key documents and will be displayed in all of its facilities. The statements will guide the actions of the Board of Trustees, the day-to-day decisions of the District’s executive leaders, faculty and staff, student leaders and our interactions with business and community associates.