01952cam a2200313 i 4500 2357423407 TxAuBib 20190618120000.0 140623s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012287281 9780871173980 paperback 0871173980 paperback (OCoLC)862122237 IBI eng rda DLC IBI YDXCP BTCTA OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ TxAuBib rda Seymour, Daniel, author. Noble ambitions [BOOK] : mission, vision, and values in American community colleges / by Daniel Seymour. Washington, DC : Community College Press, a division of the American Association of Community Colleges, [2013] viii, 117 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-109) and index. Daniel Seymour makes the case for taking seriously the task of developing meaningful, ambitious, and actionable mission, vision, and values statements at community colleges. What informs the decisions trustees make? What public purposes guide the president, faculty, and staff in their daily activities? How would the trustees and the public know that the institution's resources are strategically arrayed to achieve the goals? Colleges and faculty can too easily be accused of being kneejerk protectors of the status quo. A robust, shared, operating vision for the college helps to make clear how the public interest, not personal interests, determine the steps that the college takes. 20190618. Community colleges United States History. Community colleges Curricula United States. Community colleges United States Administration. Education, Higher Aims and objectives United States.