5.         Participants In The Process

Charting the future of the District requires the involvement of many constituencies in order to: (1) generate a comprehensive and realistic view of future needs, (2) assure accuracy, and (3) promote a true sense of ownership in the resulting goals and recommendations.  This educational master plan has benefited from the extensive involvement and contributions of a broad cross section of District and community representation.  Coupled with the earlier campus planning work, this plan has sought the input of:

·        District trustees, faculty, staff, administrators, and students

·        Area businesses and related databases

·        VVC Foundation board members and other college advisors

Leadership has been provided by the Trustees, president, vice presidents, deans, department chairs, program cluster representatives, and the Academic Senate.

Individual faculty and those representing the various program clusters on each campus have played a particularly important role in the production of this plan.  The hundreds of goals, objectives, proposed activities, and identified resource requirements featured herein came directly from the scores and scores of faculty and staff who daily serve the thousands of students and community members who have come to rely on the District as a vital resource in their lives.