Mission and Objectives

Mission Statement:

CCCIE’s mission is to raise awareness of the important role community colleges play in delivering educational opportunities to immigrants and to promote and expand the range and quality of programs and services for immigrant students among community colleges around the country.

Objectives:

Raise the visibility of the importance of immigrant education among the nation’s 1200 community colleges and related professional organizations.
Strengthen relationships with key community college professional associations to increase awareness of the immigrant education issue and resources available to association members.
Establish a new vehicle through which community colleges can share best practices, technical expertise and ideas to meet the educational needs of immigrants.
Lay the foundation for continued expansion of CCCIE and its role as brain trust and advocate for immigrant education among community colleges.