Arapahoe Community College

The ceremony featured personal accounts from students regarding their academic journeys, overcoming personal hardships, and utilizing student support resources. The faculty and college president delivered remarks focused on the value of education, the importance of integrity, personal growth, and the power of students to influence the world through their academic achievements and future contributions.

This 2022 Annual DEI Report for Arapahoe Community College details accomplishments from 2021 and outlines goals for 2022 related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Key focus areas include advancing DEI through events, programs, and training, such as an Equity Symposium and an Equity-Minded Teaching Academy. The report identifies challenges like diversifying employees and accessing disaggregated data. Strategic goals for 2022 aim to increase retention, completion, and transfer rates for various underrepresented student populations, diversify faculty and staff demographics, expand professional development in equity-minded practices, and revise hiring processes to foster a more inclusive environment.

The strategic vision is centered around empowering lives through innovative education and building pathways to social and economic mobility. It focuses on outcome-driven success, a culture of innovation, community-driven workforce collaboration, and solution-focused education. The plan aims to enhance learner success through educational and workforce outcomes, foster systematic innovation, address regional workforce needs through partnerships, and promote continuous learning with flexible programs.

The College Equity Strategic Plan for Arapahoe Community College focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion, aligning with the college's 2020-2025 strategic plan. Key areas of focus include providing foundational diversity, equity, and inclusion education for students and employees, collecting and analyzing disaggregated data to address equity gaps, and embedding equity-minded practices in employee recruitment, retention, and support strategies. The plan aims to create a college environment where students and employees feel a sense of belonging, are supported, and are valued, with actions guided by student success data, employee demographics, and campus climate survey results.

The strategic plan for ACC focuses on empowering lives through new and creative approaches to education, with an emphasis on building forward-looking pathways to social and economic mobility. Key areas of focus include outcome-focused success, a culture of innovation, community-driven workforce collaboration, and solution-focused education. The plan aims to measure learner success through educational and workforce outcomes, nurture systematic innovation, partner with industry and the community to address regional workforce needs, and promote continuous learning to meet the needs of learners and employers.