学生权益

任务

The Department of 学生权益 advocates for communities who the collegiate system was not originally designed to serve or who have not historically been centered. We work to create and support new and existing resources that cultivate inclusion, diversity, and equity at MiraCosta by fostering student leadership, collaborating with campus partners, and raising awareness of the unique experiences of the diverse populations 我们所服务.

愿景

学生权益 will be a positive and recognized advocate for MiraCosta大学 and its communities to improve the overall student experience through the lens of equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice.

值

宣传: We understand advocacy as the leveraging of one’s positionality in order to move the 大学走向公平. As a department we believe that change starts with us. 我们仍 empowered to act and urge those in power to act; we do this as a normal form of practice, 不管授权是什么.

创新: We understand innovation to be a future forward, creative driven process that aims to aid value to the campus community. Our efforts to be innovative, lead us to focus on transformation, finding new approaches to solutions while always moving towards what is necessary for the benefit of the communities 我们所服务.

社区: We understand to be one of the essential elements of our work. 广义上我们定义 our community as MiraCosta大学 District students, faculty, and staff. 也 as the residents in our service area who deserve relevant and high quality services and to whom we are accountable. Centering care and authenticity, we aspire to be a 利益与资源.

交集: We understand intersectionality to be both a framework for how we understand the ways in which power differently situates certain bodies and lives in relation to institutional 以及社会结构. 也 as a lens through which to see people as made up of many identities that impact how they show up and the unique ways they experience 世界.

文化能力: We understand cultural competence to be the journey of continuous learning done in service of creating spaces in which all cultures are honored and welcomed. 我们的文化 understanding enables us to work collaboratively to remove barriers faced by students. Committed to our learning we also strive to aid in the teaching of cultural competence to others, as it essential to, reinforces, and builds upon the work of our department 争取公平.