Mission

North Central State College changes lives and transforms communities through exceptional and accessible education within a caring environment for continuous learning.

Providing individuals with the knowledge, skills and inspiration to succeed in their chosen path.

The strategic plan is the pathway for the achievement of the college’s mission of student access and success through the alignment of the human, fiscal and physical resources.

In all we do, we value and foster a culture of integrity, respect, and excellence

We value our students.  We are committed to an exceptional learner-centered environment that is caring, supportive, responsive, and accessible.

We value our employees. We are committed to an appreciative environment that is reflective of our region, collaborative, supportive and respectful.

We value our communities.  We are committed to an engaging environment and partnerships that are innovative, responsive, and impactful.

1. North Central State College will educate students by means of free, open and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
2. The duty of North Central State College is to equip students with an opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
3. North Central State College is committed to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
4. North Central State College is committed to creating a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences of opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.
5. The duty of North Central State College is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals’ race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.