Academic Master Plan 2016-2021
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE excellence in learning and achieve personal,
career, and academic goals because they are able to:
A. Think: Solve problems by inquiring, interpreting, evaluating, and applying knowledge and
skills
- identify, evaluate, and use data and resources to make decisions
- seek new knowledge, understanding, and skills
- organize, structure, and synthesize knowledge
B. Communicate: Pursue common understanding through effective exchange and expression of ideas
- listen, write, and speak effectively
- appreciate multiple perspectives, experiences, and cultures.
C. Create: Apply curiosity, creativity, and flexible thinking to develop new ideas
- take intellectual and artistic risks
- consider alternate explanations, differing beliefs, and multiple perspectives
D. Engage: Collaborate effectively to discover and achieve common objectives
- develop an understanding of beliefs that challenge one’s own
- manage conflict productively
- recognize responsible behaviors in local, global, and digital communities
E. Connect: Integrate learning across courses, over time, and between campus and community to
recognize
interdependence and inter-connectedness; formulate an understanding of global interdependency
- identify patterns, connections, and linkages across disciplines
- transfer and adapt skills, knowledge, or methodologies
F. Grow: Develop knowledge and skills to be resilient, self-confident, and independent
life-long learners
- develop personal, academic, and career goals and plans
- prioritize resources and strategies for continuous learning
- practice self-reflection and self-assessment
G. Achieve: Apply the experience, knowledge, and skills attained at Montgomery College
to complete personal, educational, and professional goals
- demonstrate knowledge of career and discipline-specific content and methods
- pursue career, academic, and personal success