Mission and Values
MISSION STATEMENT
Allan Hancock College provides quality educational opportunities that enhance student learning and the creative, intellectual, cultural, and economic vitality of our diverse community.
VISION STATEMENT
Allan Hancock College will be the recognized leader in student success through excellence in teaching, learning, and services in an environment of mutual respect.
ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE SHARED VALUES
Student Success
Innovation
Mutual Respect
Lifelong Learning
Diversity
Academic Freedom
Shared Governance
Excellence
We at Allan Hancock College express our values in all that we do. Our commitment is to find innovative ways to enhance student achievement and to always put students first. We operate in a culture of mutual respect and lifelong learning, developing relationships among students and employees to enrich our collective appreciation for diverse ideas, thoughts, and experiences. Our culture is supported by a philosophy that shared governance and academic freedom are primary vehicles in promoting excellence in all teaching, learning, and services through open and honest communication.
Equal Access to All
Nondiscrimination Statement: The Board of Trustees of the Allan Hancock Joint Community College District recognizes
that diversity in the academic environment fosters cultural awareness, mutual understanding
and respect, harmony and creativity while providing positive images for all students.
The district is committed to the active promotion of campus diversity including recruitment
of and opportunities for qualified members of underrepresented/protected groups, as
well as the provision of a work and learning environment conducive to open discussion
and free of intimidation, harassment, and unlawful discrimination. The board commits
the district to equal opportunity/access for qualified persons in all aspects of its
employment program including selection, assignment, promotion and transfer, and with
respect to all necessary classifications. The board also assures that all employees
and applicants for employment will enjoy equal opportunity regardless of race, color,
ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, status
as a Vietnam-era veteran, marital status, or sexual orientation.
Alternate Media Statement: Allan Hancock College will provide, upon request, alternate translation of its general
information documents in large print, Braille, E-text, etc., through our Learning
Assistance Program
Strategic Plan
Like all community colleges, Allan Hancock College faces new challenges and opportunities every day. To deal effectively with these challenges, and to develop a meaningful road map to guide it over the next years, the college has developed its latest Strategic Plan for 2009-2013 PDF.
SPOTLIGHT

Mirian Guzman
ECS Student
I want to continue my education and hope one day to obtain my Master's degree and lead my own classroom. Being in college means the world to me, but getting here was not easy. Thanks to the support of my family and close friends and overcoming my own obstacles, I am here and will continue until I meet all my goals."
Read More »
