Massasoit's Mission & Quick Facts
Welcome to Massasoit Community College
Massasoit Community College was founded in 1966, but its origin can be traced to a 1947 study by the State Board of Education which determined the need for a low tuition, state supported system. The study proposed that twelve community colleges be established, one of which would serve the Greater Brockton, South Shore area. In 1961, a proposal was brought before the Brockton School Committee, and after a feasibility study, announcement of such a college was made in 1965.
College Mission
Massasoit Community College is a dynamic, diverse learning community that supports all students in their education, leading to a career, transfer to four-year institutions, and the pursuit of lifelong learning. Faculty and staff are committed to student success and strive to offer accessible and innovative programs with comprehensive support services to prepare students for membership in a global society.
Statement of Values
We are committed to:
Student Success
We are committed to engaging students as active learners by providing a range of curricular and extra-curricular opportunities to explore, develop, and achieve educational and personal goals.
Access and Affordability
As an open-enrollment institution of higher education, we are committed to providing access to a relevant, affordable education that positions and supports students from all socio-economic backgrounds to achieve their academic and professional goals.
Diversity and Inclusion
We strive to reflect the diversity of our community in our student body, faculty, staff, and trustees by creating an inclusive environment that ensures equitable treatment for all.
Excellence
We are a catalyst for innovation, creativity, academic excellence, and the open exchange of ideas, fostering high expectations and inspiring students, faculty, and staff to reach their full potential.
Community, Civic Engagement, and Regional Economic Development
We value our role as both a leader and an integral part of the academic, civic, and economic fabric of the region we serve. We strive to generate and maintain reciprocal relationships with education, community, and business partners to develop programs that meet the needs of our students, the community, and the regional workforce.
Sustainability
We value the three spheres of sustainability: environmental, social, and economic. We demonstrate our commitment by striving to reduce our ecological footprint; making sustainability integral to our decision-making; and preparing our students to address the critical environmental, social, and economic challenges of the 21st century.
Accepted by the Massasoit Community College Board of Trustees, April 8, 2015 and approved by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, June 16, 2015.
Quick Facts
Land Acknowledgement
Massasoit Community College acknowledges the traditional, ancestral, un-ceded territory of multiple groups of Indigenous peoples on which all of us are learning and working today.
We acknowledge and disavow the forced removal, disenfranchisement, historical erasure, and genocide of the Indigenous peoples who have been dispossessed, and align ourselves with the struggle Indigenous people are engaged in for human rights and self-determination.