2024-2025 Board Goals
Statement: Continue strategic oversight of college performance in partnership and collaboration with the President.
Belonging
Strategic goal: Ensure that the Board of Directors and the President advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in measurable and strategic ways.
- Monitor the recruitment, hiring, and retention of employees of color by receiving and reviewing trend reports on a quarterly basis.
- Monitor the awarding of contracts to D/M/W/ESB/SDV companies.
- Integrate people and culture centered strategies into its policymaking processes and all board functions.
- Support the college to work towards being a designated Hispanic Serving Institution.
Enterprise
Strategic goal: Through the development of policy, a strong relationship with the college president, and effective public advocacy, ensure that Portland Community College is well-positioned to meet the current and future needs of the communities it serves.
- Support the ongoing success of the President in leading the college to ensure Operational Excellence, Academic Excellence, and Fiscal Sustainability.
- Provide holistic support to the President including mental health and wellbeing.
- Engage in strategic advocacy with city, county, regional, state, federal and tribal governments.
- Engage in Board development by participating in evaluations, professional development, board structure and training.
- Attend all board retreats, board meetings and participate in one conference, as available, per year.
Delivery
Strategic goal: The Board of Directors and the President holds itself accountable for improving equitable student success.
- Monitor semiannual performance on access, enrollment, retention, and completion rates for all students, and work with the President and Administration to reduce and eliminate disparities in these rates for low-income students and students of color.
- Utilize personal and professional networks to establish new strategic partnerships that bring new resources to the goal of improving outcomes for students, faculty and staff.
Workforce
Strategic goal: Advocate for workforce development.
- Advocate for and support private, local, state and federal policy and investments in community colleges to promote holistic workforce development strategies.
- Communicate the benefits of bond measures to community members, partners and stakeholders as it pertains to workforce development and equitable student success.