Vision

Cascadia Community College will be a community of lifelong learners pioneering innovative pathways to successful learning in a global context.

Mission

Cascadia is a community college whose caring culture supports creative, comprehensive, culturally rich, technologically advanced, and learner-centered education that is environmentally sensitive, globally aware, and seamlessly linked with the community, area enterprise, and other educational institutions.

Values

As a learning organization, Cascadia continually strives to reach the highest levels of quality in its academic, student and administrative programs and services through continual analysis, assessment and improvement.
 
Community ‐ The college is a community of learners that seeks to build a caring culture of justice and equity, and to provide an environment that fosters our College‐wide Learning Outcomes.
 
Diversity ‐ Celebration of diversity and cultural differences is a hallmark of a true learning community. Pluralism, diversity and equity are therefore at the core of Cascadia's mission. Individual difference is affirmed and celebrated in our community of learning.
 
Access ‐ Cascadia serves learners with a broad range of knowledge, skills and experiences through open access to
programs and services. We nurture new and expansive patterns of thinking, encourage respect for self and others, and provide a safe, healthy and barrier‐free learning environment.
 
Success ‐ Cascadia values highly the academic and personal success of all students. The Cascadia learning model approaches the learner holistically, and integrates personalized support services into the academic experience to best assist learners in achieving success. Student achievement is a hallmark of our mission.
 
Learning ‐ All members of the community are learners, and we strive to make learning relevant and connected. Learning is transformative, personal and tailored to the needs and goals of our learners. Learning is integrated and interconnected; therefore our programs are interdisciplinary and offer technological fluency, global understanding and links with the community, area enterprise and other educational institutions. Educational excellence characterizes our mission.
 
Innovation ‐ As a learning organization, Cascadia values creative pathways to fulfill the college vision and mission, consistently encouraging collaborative learning and growth. We continually expand our capacity to create high standards of performance through the acquisition of new knowledge and our commitment to constant responsiveness to the needs of our community of learners.
 
Environmental Stewardship ‐ Cascadia is honored to protect and preserve the community wetlands and to develop its intellectual, academic and social value for the region and the nation. We value the conservation of natural resources and embrace environmentally sustainable practices.

As a measuring stick for quality, we use the college’s core themes, strategic directions, and learning outcomes.