Mission, Vision and Values

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Mission

Cañada College provides our community with a learning-centered environment, ensuring that all students have equitable opportunities to achieve their transfer, career education, and lifelong learning educational goals. The College cultivates in its students the ability to think critically and creatively, communicate effectively, reason quantitatively, and understand and appreciate different points of view within a diverse community.

Vision

Cañada College is committed to being a preeminent institution of learning, renowned for its quality of academic life, its diverse culture and practice of personal support and development, extraordinary student success, and its dynamic, innovative programs that prepare students for the university, the modern workplace, and the global community.

Values

  • Transforming Lives
  • High Academic Standards
  • Diverse and Inclusive Environment
  • Student Success in Achieving Educational Goals
  • Community, Education, and Industry Partnerships
  • Communication and Collaboration
  • Engaging Student Life
  • Accountability
  • Sustainability
  • Transparency