What Hocking College Stands For

Our Mission 

Mission Statement

The mission of Hocking College is as follows: "We serve as a pathway to prosperity, teaching and inspiring all who seek to learn, growing careers and changing lives."

Hocking College Statement of Commitment

At Hocking College, we are committed to transforming the lives of our students by providing an accessible, high-quality, and student-centered education in a caring, supportive environment. In alignment with our mission to prepare students for careers, advanced education, and lifelong learning, we affirm the following principles as part of our institutional commitment under Section 3345.0216 of the Ohio Revised Code:

1. Commitment to Free and Rigorous Inquiry
   Hocking College will educate students through free, and rigorous intellectual inquiry in pursuit of truth. We support a learning environment that encourages critical thinking, evidence-based reasoning, and civil discourse.
2. Fostering Independent Thought
   We believe our duty is to provide all students the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills needed to reach their own informed conclusions. Our faculty and staff are dedicated to guiding students without imposing personal ideology or political bias.
3. Upholding Free Speech and Lawful Assembly
   Hocking College will not prohibit free speech or lawful assembly. We foster a community where expression is protected and where voices can be heard respectfully and lawfully.
4. Creating a Respectful Community of Inquiry
   We are committed to a campus culture rooted in civil and free inquiry. This includes support for individual autonomy, for personal and academic growth, and support for differing opinions and perspectives that naturally arise in a varied academic community.
5. Ensuring Opportunities and Individual Dignity
   Hocking College will treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, holding all to common standards and ensuring common opportunities, and individual dignities. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Accreditation

Accreditation is a voluntary process of certification by which an institution or education program maintains certain standards. Hocking College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC.) The Higher Learning Commission (is an independent corporation and one of two commission members of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), which was founded in 1895 as one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States. The Higher Learning Commission accredits, and thereby grants membership in the Commission and in the North Central Association, degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions in the North Central region.

Higher Learning Commission
230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500
Chicago, IL 60604
800.621.7440

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