SBCTC Strategic Plan

2020-2030 Strategic Plan Update

Report cover image that states: State Board for Community and Technical Colleges 2020-2030 Strategic Plan Update, approved June 2023. Includes three colleges students: one woman sitting on a desk next to an anotomical prop and smiling, one woman in scrubs smiling, and one man smiling while sitting at a computer.Washington state is experiencing fast-paced demographic, economic, and technological changes. Our state is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Rapid innovations are changing job functions and industries throughout our economy. Technological advancements are shifting the way people live, work, and learn.

Many transformations were already underway before COVID-19, but the pandemic accelerated the pace of change. It also revealed and widened racial and economic disparities, worsened students’ mental health, and spotlighted digital inequalities at a time when access to technology is necessary to function in today’s world.

As Washington state has changed, so too must our college system. In June 2023, the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges refreshed the college system’s original 2020-2030 Strategic Plan to better reflect the higher education landscape before us. Our goal is to maintain the qualities that make our state’s community and technical college system among the best and most innovative in the nation while embracing change in a forward-leaning and inclusive manner.

Vision

Our strategic plan aligns with a vision statement approved by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges in June 2019:

“Leading with racial equity, our colleges maximize student potential and transform lives within a culture of belonging that advances racial, social, and economic justice in service to our diverse communities.”

Accountability

We review metrics regularly to track progress toward meeting strategic plan goals.

Read the Strategic Plan

Read the full version of the updated 2020-2030 Strategic Plan as adopted by the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges in June 2023.