College Policy and Procedure

12.15.22 - Updated Policies C-1 through C-5 in Educational Services | Board of Governors (Section C)

12.15.22 - Entire Section D: Revised Administration/Management Policy Section | Board of Governors (Section D)

12.15.22 - Entire Section E: Revised Administration/Management Policy Section | Board of Governors (Section E)

12.05.22 – C-3a PROCEDURE Student Affairs added

11.15.22 – C-16a PROCEDURE Transfer of Credit added

11.15.22 – C-16 POLICY Transfer of Credit added

11.15.22 – C-15a PROCEDURE Institutional Articulation added

11.15.22 – C-15 POLICY Institutional Articulation added

10.21.22 – C-5a PROCEDURE Student Affairs added

10.21.22 - Entire Section D: Revised Administration/Management Policy Section | Admin Team (Section D)

10.21.22 - Entire Section E: Revised Administration/Management Policy Section | Admin Team (Section E)

9.28.22 – B-1 Policy President revised

9.28.22 – B-1a Procedure President removed

9.28.22 – B-6 Policy Shared Governance added

9.28.22 – B-6a Procedure Shared Governance added

9.28.22 – C-14 Policy Program added

9.28.22 – C-14a Procedure Program added

9.8.22 – A-23 Policy Strategic Plan added

9.8.22 – A-23a Procedure Strategic Plan added

9.8.22 – B-5 Policy Additional Locations added

9.8.22 – B-5a Procedure Additional Locations added

9.8.22 – C-10 Policy Prior Learning Assessments added

9.8.22 – C-10a Procedure Prior Learning Assessments added

9.8.22 – C-11 Policy Consortia added

9.8.22 – C-11a Procedure Consortia added

9.8.22 – C-12 Policy Changes to Existing Programs added

9.8.22 – C-12a Procedure Changes to Existing Programs added

9.8.22 – C-13 Policy Academic Program Development added

9.8.22 – C-13a Procedure Academic Program Development added

8.8.22 – A-24 Policy Filling Vacancies on the Board of Governors added

7.29.22 – A-3 Policy Election Oversight added

7.29.22 – C-9 Policy Tuition and Fee added

7.29.22 – C-9a Procedure Tuition and Fees added

7.29.22 – C-8 Policy Credit Hour added

7.29.22 – C-8a Procedure Credit Hour added

5.25.22 – C-7a Procedure Consumer Information added

5.25.22 – C-7 Policy Consumer Information added

5.25.22 – B-2a Procedure College Organization revised

3.21.22 – C-6a Procedure on Assessment added

3.21.22 – C-6 Policy on Assessment added

1.1.22 – A-2a College Mission Statement

8.1.21 – Procedure E-3i (19) Employee Benefit – Tuition Waiver

7.1.21 – Procedure E-3i (7) Employee Benefit – Vacation Leave

4.1.21 – Procedure E-8f Worker’s Compensation moved & renamed from Personnel Section E to Fiscal Management Section D

3.29.21 – Procedure A-13a Revised Procedure on Use of College Facilities Use | Admin Team

9.16.20 – Procedures E-3d(1-5) moved & renamed from Personnel Section E to Fiscal Management Section D

9.14.20 – A-18a Revised Procedure on Information Technology | Admin Team

7.27.20 – E-3i(25)-18b Revised Procedure on Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) | Admin Team

5.19.20 - Entire Section B: Revised Administration/Management Policy Section | Board of Governors

5.18.20 - Entire Section B: Revised Administration/Management Procedure Section | Admin Team

1.27.20 - A-18b New Procedure on Cyber Security | Admin Team

1.21.20 - Entire Section A: Revised Board of Governors Policy Section | Board of Governors

The mission of Southeast Community College is to empower and transform the diverse learners and communities of southeast Nebraska through accessible lifelong educational opportunities. The College provides dynamic and responsive pathways to career and technical, academic transfer, and continuing education programs that contribute to personal, community, and workforce development.

Southeast Community College seeks to transform and empower its diverse learners for fulfilling careers, life-long learning, and community and societal advancement. The College is committed to ongoing intellectual, financial, and strategic investment in its infrastructure and all phases of its operations.

The College is dedicated to creating destinations and the highest quality learning climates through permanent, innovative, modern, virtually linked, sustainable, and collaborative facilities and green spaces. SCC will ensure its open-access mission is celebrated and realized through inclusivity, respect, and compassion toward the diverse views and ideas of its various student populations and constituents. The College will work collaboratively and courageously with its higher education partners, employers, and local and state officials to address Nebraska’s skilled worker shortage and the need for everyone to have affordable access to the life-changing benefits of higher education. SCC will utilize valid and dynamic data to respond to local and statewide needs to strengthen the College’s diverse communities and economies.

SCC strives to be a national leader in developing high-contact technical and academic experiences through personal and sincere relationships with engaged and invested faculty, staff, and administrators. These personal connections will be coupled with intensive learning opportunities through co-curricular involvement, research, volunteerism, and public service. SCC’s commitment to student transformation intentionally encompasses the development of essential life skills, including reflective thinking, resiliency, and emotional intelligence proficiency.

Excellence - Commitment to the highest level of performance in all facets of the College’s programs, services, and operations through effective investment and support of all assets.

Integrity - Continuous pursuit of fulfillment of mission and goals through transparency and ethical practices in all College operations.

Innovation - Commitment to inquiry and the respectful challenging of assumptions to promote creativity, alternative points of view, and opportunities for ongoing discovery.

Inclusion - Promotion of opportunities and advancement for a diverse and dynamic student, faculty/staff, and community population through the creation of a positive, compassionate, and reflective culture.

Stewardship and Accountability - Commitment to investment in appropriate resources in fulfillment of the College’s mission and goals and reliance on responsible management of human, physical, and financial resources.