Our Vision: Excellence in education for a better world. 

Our Mission: The Maricopa Community Colleges ignite talent, transform lives, and enrich communities through teaching, learning and service. 

Our Institutional Values:  Maricopa's core values are established through our commitment to shared governance principles and our focus on students and the communities we serve. 

• Student Centric: Students are the essence of our work; we partner with students as leaders and decision makers in their own learning.
• Integrity: We foster a culture of honesty, trust and transparency.
• Collaboration: We work together using system thinking in pursuit of our vision and mission.
• Community: We promote connection across communities and encourage civil conversations from a wide range of perspectives.
• Innovation: We advance a culture that stimulates big ideas, creativity, and exploration.
• Respect: we treat each other with dignity, civility, and kindness.

Policy retired effective March 24, 2026.

B.P. 2.6.3: Institutional Goals, adopted under the new policy framework, replaces former Policy 1.1, issued under the prior policy system. Click here to view new Board Policies. 

Policy retired effective March 24, 2026.

B.P. 2.6.3: Institutional Goals, adopted under the new policy framework, replaces former Policy 1.2, issued under the prior policy system. Click here to view new Board Policies. 

Policy retired effective March 24, 2026.

B.P. 2.6.3: Institutional Goals, adopted under the new policy framework, replaces former Policy 1.3, issued under the prior policy system. Click here to view new Board Policies. 

Policy retired effective March 24, 2026.

B.P. 2.6.3: Institutional Goals, adopted under the new policy framework, replaces former Policy 1.4, issued under the prior policy system. Click here to view new Board Policies.