College Purpose

As it fulfills its mission, the College is committed to responding to the cultural diversity of Broward County as the area expands. In support of its open-door policy, the College provides a variety of delivery systems and instructional modes to enable students to prepare for the future in accordance with their own individual abilities, needs, and interests. The College is also committed to providing special academic support services to the disabled. In its role as an institution of higher education and in its efforts to be a premiere teaching institution, Broward Community College is dedicated to fulfilling the following major functions: To serve as an entry-point for baccalaureate degree programs by providing the first two years of a four year curriculum through a program of general education that stresses historical, social, ethical, and global perspectives; communication and computation skills, the sciences, an appreciation of the humanities, and physical fitness. To prepare individuals for employment through a variety of specific programs in the general areas of business and management, the health sciences, the engineering and industrial technologies, and public service. To provide economic development and continuing education activities to meet the needs of business, industry, the professions, and government. To enhance employee skills while also serving individuals seeking to maintain their competencies, upgrade their skills, change occupations, or enrich their lives through lifelong learning programs. To provide college-preparatory instruction for those students who need to enhance their basic academic skills prior to attempting college-level work. To serve as a cultural center for Broward County by providing a wide variety of quality visual and performing arts programs and activities which educate, entertain, enrich lives, and elevate the human sprint. To provide international and intercultural educational experiences to help students develop perspectives that will enable them to function effectively in a multicultural environment and in an interdependent world. To pursue linkages with educational institutions and agencies in other countries in order to provide for an academic interchange and to assist each other in achieving educational objectives for the improvement of higher education on a global scale. To provide current students a full range of student development and academic support services which are proactively available both on the College campuses and in the Broward County community.To provide the opportunity for students to contribute to the well-being of others through student service learning programs that are part of their higher education experience. To engage in programs and activities that will expand the opportunity for higher education to prospective students throughout the entire Broward County community. Such programs may be offered in conjunction with the School Board of Broward County, the State University System, the city/county government, and various community agencies.