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Dalton State College serves Northwest Georgia by
offering associate, certificate, and targeted baccalaureate programs of study and a wide
variety of public service and continuing education activities. Located at the center
of the greatest concentration of carpet production in the world, the College is a
comprehensive institution, one of only two in the University System authorized to offer a full
range of technical programs in addition to the traditional pre-baccalaureate curricula
and targeted baccalaureate offerings which meet workforce development needs of the
Northwest Georgia area. Through direct and technological collaboration with
neighboring technical institutes and other colleges and universities on the one hand, and
outreach and cooperation with local preschool, primary, and secondary systems on
the other, Dalton State College acts as an educational broker to meet the needs
of business and industry and to provide opportunities for all persons within its
service area to live self-fulfilling andproductive lives.
Dalton State College shares with the other state
colleges of the University System
of Georgia the following core characteristics or
purposes:
• a commitment to excellence and responsiveness within a
scope of influence defined by the needs of the local area and by
particularly outstanding programs and distinctive characteristics that have a magnet
effect throughout the region or state;
• a commitment to a teaching/learning environment, both
inside and outside the classroom, that sustains instructional excellence,
functions to provide University System access for a diverse student body, and promotes
high levels of student learning;
• a high quality general education program that supports
a variety of well-chosen associate programs and prepares students for transfer to
baccalaureate programs, learning support programs designed to insure access and
opportunity for a diverse student body, and a limited number of
certificate and other career programs to complement neighboring technical institute
programs;
• a limited number of baccalaureate programs designed to
meet the educational and economic development needs of the local area;
• a commitment to public service, continuing education,
technical assistance, and economic development activities that address the
needs, improve the quality of life, and raise the economic level within the
college’s scope of influence;
• a commitment to scholarship and creative work to
enhance instructional effectiveness and to encourage faculty scholarly pursuits; and a
responsibility to address local needs through applied scholarship,
especially in areas directly related to targeted baccalaureate degree programs;
• a supportive campus climate, necessary services, and
leadership and development opportunities, all to educate the whole person and meet
the needs of students, faculty, and staff;
• cultural, ethnic, racial, and gender diversity in the
faculty, staff, and student body, supported by practices and programs that embody
the ideals of an open, democratic, and global society;
• technology to advance educational purposes, including
instructional technology, student support services, and distance education;
• collaborative relationships with other System
institutions, State agencies, local schools, technical institutes, and business and
industry, sharing physical, human, information, and other resources to expand and
enhance programs and services available to the citizens of Georgia.
In all that it does, Dalton State College strives for
the highest possible standards of quality and excellence and systematically assesses
and evaluates its effectiveness. Especially in its combination of associate level studies
in the liberal arts and targeted baccalaureate degrees with a large complement of career
programs in health-related, business, and technical fields; in the quality of its
preparation of students for work or further study; and in its role as a broad-based
information resource for the people of Northwest Georgia, the College seeks to build upon its
strengths and to justify recognition as one of the most academically respected,
student-oriented, and communitycentered institutions of its kind.
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