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Mission and Vision

Mission

Butler Community College inspires and prepares students for lifetime success through inclusive, innovative, affordable, quality education while advancing community vitality.

Vision

Butler Community College will be an innovator in shaping the future for students, faculty, staff, and the community in a caring environment through dynamic instruction, programs, and support services.

Strategic Priorities

Approved April 2026 by the Board of Trustees 

 

Support Students and Their Success

Ensure access and clear pathways to student achievement through high-quality instruction and support.

  • Strengthen student access and strategic enrollment to support sustainable growth and student success.
  • Improve student outcomes including retention, persistence, and completion of student goals
  • Strengthen clear academic and career pathways and reduce barriers to student progress.

Advance Communities and Partnerships  

Build collaborative relationships that strengthen workforce and community.

  • Strengthen partnerships with business and industry to support local and regional economic and workforce development.
  • Strengthen K–12 and community partnerships that advance student access, workforce readiness, and community vitality.

Enhance Employee Success and Excellence

Develop and support a high-performing, engaged workforce that sustains instructional quality and student support.

  • Attract, retain, and develop a high-performing workforce that sustains instructional quality and student support.
  • Strengthen leadership capacity, professional development, communication, and collaboration to improve organizational effectiveness, reduce silos, and support institutional change.
  • Improve institutional efficiency and operational effectiveness through clear roles, streamlined processes, and shared accountability.

Drive Institutional Sustainability and Growth  

Ensure long-term financial sustainability and responsible stewardship to support student success and institutional growth.

  • Strengthen processes, communication, and resource alignment to support student goal completion and institutional effectiveness.
  • Ensure institutional accountability and compliance and responsible stewardship
  • Diversify revenue sources and implement multi-year financial planning to support sustainability and reduce reliance on local taxpayers.

Champion Excellence in Innovation  

Advance innovation that enhances learning, workforce readiness, and institutional effectiveness while strengthening the student experience.

  • Advance innovative instructional, workforce, and operational practices including digital learning and emerging technologies. 

Inspire a Culture of Transparency, Trust, and Accountability  

Promote ethical leadership and shared responsibility to strengthen governance and public trust.

  • Strengthen institutional transparency in planning, budgeting, and monitoring performance

  • Use data-informed decision-making and accountability practices to support responsible stewardship and continuous improvement. 

     

Timeless Institutional Values

Quality

Integrity

Service

Caring

PACT - College Learning Outcomes

The nationally recognized Butler Learning PACT is the instructional approach which Butler, as a Learning College, uses to facilitate the preparation of students to function as principled, productive individuals who are responsible, involved lifelong learners. The Learning PACT promotes a group of skills and knowledge that learners develop during their Butler experience. These Learning PACT skills and knowledge are vital for any adult to function successfully in the ever changing world of the 21st century. A learning outcome is a body of knowledge or a set of skills which a student masters through doing coursework. If the student masters that learning outcome through the coursework then he/she is equipped to make use of that body of knowledge or set of skills in the future. The Learning PACT is the list of the college wide learning outcomes which are the foundation for General Education at Butler. A faculty-driven process which used input from all segments of Butler stakeholders and a wide array of other American community college personnel and members of the regional and national business world formulated the list of Learning PACT skills. The Learning PACT is integrated throughout all of the college's academic and student life programs in coursework, co-curricular activities, and all other learning opportunities.

The Learning PACT skills fall into four categories:

P = Personal Development Skills
(personal management, interpersonal interaction)

A = Analytical Thinking Skills
(critical thinking, problem solving)

C = Communication Skills
(creation and delivery of messages, reception and interpretation of messages)

T = Technological Skills
(general computer use, discipline-specific technology)