Strategic Plan 2026

The role of the community college in our educational system is to serve as a space where all can come to receive a quality education. We can only achieve this goal if each person who walks through our doors has a fair opportunity to succeed. We must bring an equity-minded approach to everything we do at the College to ensure that students, employees, and members of the community can reach their goals here.

Our strategic planning process began last year and a committee representing all areas of the College worked diligently to utilize information gathered from students, faculty, staff, and members of the communities we serve to build a plan that will guide us through the next three years. I thank them for their hard work and dedication to Delaware County Community College.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed higher education. The pandemic taught us that higher education can pivot quickly, that we can embrace change, and what we once thought of as impossible is absolutely achievable. With that in mind, this strategic plan is meant to be a living document, not a directive set in stone, but one that can be responsive to unexpected situations and circumstances that
may arise in the next three years.

The theme of this strategic plan is Equity for All. Student success, and the success of the communities we serve, is only possible if all students are guaranteed equitable access and support. Equity, meeting students where they are, supporting students on their academic and career journey – this is the heart of who we are as a College.

This plan serves as a roadmap not only for the future of Delaware County Community College, but also the future of those who learn and work here. Indeed, it is a roadmap for success, for growth, and for changing lives.