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Philosophy
Dodge City Community College is a comprehensive community college, operating with an open-door admissions policy within Ford County, Kansas and an eight-county service region. The College is governed by a locally elected Board of Trustees and is responsible to the community it serves and to the State of Kansas.
Dodge City Community College recognizes the existence of individual learning styles and is committed to providing quality instructional programs, student support services, and affordable lifelong learning opportunities. The College challenges students to initiate and maintain academic, vocational-technical, physical, spiritual, social, and personal growth.
The provision of higher education is a public responsibility. Therefore, Dodge City Community College recognizes the need to maintain a viable relationship with the community it serves. Furthermore, Dodge City Community College recognizes that all persons have a fundamental right to seek self-fulfillment through responsible participation in the learning environment.

Mission Statement
The mission of Dodge City Community College is to provide challenging and diverse opportunities for the pursuit of learning and to enhance personal and community development in a responsible, accessible, learner-centered environment.
Within this Mission Statement are seven defining statements which serve to focus attention on the learning processes and activities of Dodge City Community College:
Challenging Opportunities
A range of offerings that meet student academic needs and expand educational horizons considering various levels of student preparedness, aptitudes, and areas of interest.
Diverse Opportunities
Develop a variety of offerings aimed at under-served populations, including academic transfer programs, technical programs, non-credit courses, developmental courses, adult basic education, and special interest topics.
Personal Development
Provide an environment that allows learners to discover more about themselves and to develop an appreciation for culture and diversity of people in a secure, friendly campus environment.
Community Development
Promote a socially responsible and responsive organization that works with a variety of stakeholders to meet the needs of the broader community to strengthen the economic health and quality of life of area residents.
Responsibility
Manage human and other resources in an ethical manner to ensure institutional development.
Accessibility
Provide affordable, convenient, quality education through open admission to constituents.
Learner-Centered
Place the learner at the center of all decisions and actions taken by the college.

Institutional Responsibilities
To fulfill its Mission, Dodge City Community College is committed to offering a range of services conducive to learning, personal growth, and community development. The Board of Trustees, Administration, Faculty and Staff accept this commitment as imperative. Based on this belief, the College recognizes the following institutional responsibilities:

• To offer educational experiences through which a diverse population of students can acquire skills necessary for quality education and lifelong learning.
• To provide vocational-technical courses and programs.
• To provide transitional education which enables a diverse population of students to meet the requirements of college level courses.
• To provide effective academic advising and counseling services.
• To provide a residential living environment which fosters individual development.
• To provide seminars and workshops which respond to the educational training needs of business and industry throughout the service region.
• To provide resources and activities which enhance the quality of life of the college community.
• To operate the College effectively through the employment of qualified administration, faculty, and support personnel.
• To manage the fiscal and physical resources of the College in an effective manner, supportive of the College Mission.
• To develop external/internal financial resources which support the mission and needs of the College.
• To represent the nine-county service region within the state systems of post-secondary higher education.
• To plan, implement, and assess strategies for achieving the goals and objectives of the College.

Acceptance of Accountability
The Board of Trustees, administrative staff, faculty members, and support personnel jointly accept the responsibility of achieving the goals and purposes of Dodge City Community College. Students-acting with guidance from parents, guardians, and educational staff-are accountable for taking advantage of the educational opportunities established on their behalf. The community, school patrons, and governmental agencies must support the mission of the College if these goals are to be achieved.

Accreditation
Dodge City Community College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and by the Kansas Department of Education. The college is a member of the American Association of Community Colleges, the Council of North Central Colleges, the National Commission on Accrediting, the American Council on Education, and the Kansas Association of Community Colleges.
Dodge City Community College is an Equal Opportunity Institution. It is the policy of the College not to discriminate in the admission of students, in the provision of services, or in employment, on the grounds of race, religion, color, national origin, age, gender, disability or veteran status; and to take appropriate affirmative action in connection therewith.

Sexual Offender Registration
The Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act (CSCPA) of 2000 is a federal law that provides for the tracking of convicted sex offenders enrolled at, or employed by, institutions of higher education. The CSCPA is an amendment to the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Act. The federal law requires state law enforcement agencies (in Kansas, it is the Kansas Bureau of Investigation) to provide Dodge City Community College with a list of registered sex offenders who have indicated that they are either enrolled, employed or carrying on a vocation at Dodge City Community College.

Dodge City Community College is required to inform the campus community that a KBI registration list of sex offenders will be maintained and available at two campus locations: the Office of Campus Safety and Security in Shelden Hall and the Office of the Associate Dean of Students, located room 103 of the Student Union.

In addition, a list of all registered sex offenders in Kansas is available from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at http://www.accesskansas.org/kbi/ro.shtml. Dodge City is located in Ford County and the zip code is 67801.

The CSCPA further amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) to clarify that nothing in the Act can prohibit an educational institution from disclosing information provided to the institution concerning registered sex offenders.

This statement is provided in compliance with the Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act of 2000 and the Kansas Offender Registration Act (KORA) of 2003, KSA 22-4902.

Disclaimers
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this site. Dodge City Community College reserves the right to change, modify or alter without notice all fees, charges, tuition expenses, and other costs. Any course offering or other information may be added or deleted in this catalog without notice. Class schedules published each term will indicate additions or other changes.

Changes in this catalog shall become effective whenever the proper authorities so determine and shall apply not only to prospective students, but also to those who are enrolled in the College at the time.

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02/21/2008