Mission, Vision and Values

Mission

Cincinnati State provides access, opportunity, and support in achieving success for individuals seeking exceptional technical, transfer and experiential/cooperative education and workforce training.

Vision

Cincinnati State advances the educational and economic vitality of our state and region as the college of choice.

Values

As a College Community:

• Potential for Growth and Success – We respect each student’s background and celebrate their potential for personal growth and career success.
• Innovation – We support innovative approaches to learning. We anticipate and effectively respond to the changing needs of those we serve.
• Collaboration – We work together on behalf of our students and employers to meet community needs.
• Equity – We believe in contributing to a socially and economically equitable society. We honor the diversity and inclusiveness of our College community and strive to hear all voices.
• Experiential Learning – We promote experiential and lifelong learning.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Cincinnati State declares the following:

1. We will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth.
2. Our duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions.
3. We are committed to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech or lawful assembly.
4. We are committed to create 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 in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community.
5. Our duty 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.