RELATED POLICY QUESTIONS ON ENDS/MISSION/PURPOSE

[1] "Ends" as defined by John Carver's policy-governance model

What external difference in the world will be produced? For whom? At what cost and with what priorities? [This is the set of questions that the draft College Ends policy is intended to address at the most general level. The "community-priorities plan" for non-breakeven programs, which the Board would review and adopt annually as part of the strategic-planning process, would give more detail.]

[2] Mission - ACC's part of the job of producing the desired ends

What types of activities shall the College undertake? [This question is directly addressed by current policy A-1, Mission of the College, which lists the legal mandate of the College and the activities we intend for the College to undertake in response to it. The Board also deals with it in the approval of specific programs. In policy-governance terms, such activities are means rather than ends.]

[3] Purpose - the motivation for creating and maintaining ACC

Why is the community putting resources into this activity? What are the values which implementation methods should respect, and against which the mission components should be weighed? [The central statement of values by the Board is current policy A-2, Statement of Values and Ideals. Some of these are repeated and amplified in other policies, such as D-1, Statement of Instructional Philosophy.]

Hunter Ellinger 2/24/98