Strategic Plan

Download a copy of the most recent Spokane Colleges Strategic Plan.

Mission, Vision and Values

A clear and compelling mission, vision, and set of values provide the foundation for Spokane Colleges’ work and its aspirations for the future. Together, they define the institution’s purpose, articulate its long-term direction, and establish the principles that guide daily decisions and actions. As Spokane Colleges continues to serve a diverse and evolving region, these core elements ensure alignment across programs, partnerships, and priorities.

Our Mission

Spokane Colleges prepares students to pursue their goals, strengthen their futures, and contribute to thriving communities.

Our Vision

Cultivate a highly skilled workforce where every person reaches their fullest potential and reinvests in the community.

Our Values

Access

Removing barriers that get in the way of education

Inclusivity

Committed to teaching every person who wants to learn

Preparedness

Setting students up to succeed in their next chapters

Strategic Pillars

Student Basic Needs

The Strong Foundation

A welcoming and stable environment begins with ensuring students can focus on learning, not survival. By reducing the cost of attendance and removing barriers such as food insecurity, housing challenges, childcare needs, and transportation obstacles, we create the conditions for every student to feel secure, supported, and at home on campus.

Support Anchors

The Cornerstones

Cornerstones provide stability, guidance, and belonging. Personalized support services like advising, tutoring, counseling, and wellness resources anchor student success while recognizing the unique needs of each individual. By meeting students where they are and building trusting relationships, we create a sense of belonging that strengthens persistence, confidence, and achievement.

Academic Design

The Framework

Clear academic pathways give students structure, direction, and purpose. By offering the right programs at the right time and aligning them with career and personal goals, we help students navigate their journey efficiently. In doing so, we provide not just a roadmap to completion, but a sense of community and shared progress, reinforcing that students are part of a larger supportive home.

Community Connections

Opening Doors to the Future

Our students thrive when they are connected to employers, organizations, alumni, and peers. These relationships act as doors to opportunity, providing career pathways, mentorship, and support networks. At the same time, our college contributes back to the community, cultivating a sense of shared purpose, pride, and belonging that extends beyond campus walls.

Strong Internal Structures

The Infrastructure and People

A college that feels like home depends on strong internal systems and a committed, caring workforce. Technology, facilities, safety measures, and support resources must all work together to promote a welcoming, collaborative, and innovative environment. By removing redundancies, improving processes, and empowering staff, we ensure the college remains resilient, student-centered, and a place where everyone, students, faculty, and staff can feel they belong.

Equity Statement

Spokane Colleges believes that access to high-quality education in a safe and inclusive environment is the right of all individuals and imperative for the continued advancement of a strong democracy and workforce. We also believe higher education institutions have an obligation to work toward and demonstrate progress in ensuring equity amongst their students, faculty and staff. Equity is grounded in the principle of fairness. In higher education, equity refers to ensuring that each student receives what they need to be successful through the intentional design of the college experience.

Native Land Acknowledgement

We are honored to acknowledge that the Spokane Colleges, and our main campuses for Spokane Falls and Spokane Community College, are located on the traditional and sacred homelands of the Spokane Tribe. We also provide services in a region that includes the traditional and sacred homelands of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Kalispel Tribe and Nez Perce Tribe.

We pay our respect to tribal elders both past and present as well as to all indigenous people today. This land holds their cultural DNA and we are honored and grateful to be here on their traditional lands. We give thanks to the legacy of the original people and their descendants and pledge to honor their stewardship and values.