Mission and Vision
Vision
The College of Western Idaho provides affordable, quality teaching and learning opportunities for all to excel at learning for life.
Mission: Purpose and Constituent Group
The College of Western Idaho is a public, open-access, and comprehensive community college committed to providing affordable access to quality teaching and learning opportunities to the residents of its service area in western Idaho.
Mission: Core Themes and Measures of Mission Fulfillment
- Professional Technical Education
- Students who complete professional technical programs are employed in a related field or have transferred to a 4-year college or university.
- Students who transfer to colleges or universities as juniors will earn a 2.0 GPA or higher at the transfer institution.
- Lower Division Transfer Education
- Students who complete the transfer requirements enter a 4-year college or university within 5 years.
- Students who transfer to colleges or universities as juniors will earn a 2.0 GPA or higher at the transfer institution.
- Basic Skills Education
- Students successfully complete an Adult Basic Education course.
- Students who successfully complete a basic skills course also successfully complete the next course in the sequence or a college-level course in the same discipline.
- Community Outreach
- Students who complete workforce development training satisfy their goals for professional development as well as their employers’ expectations.
- Participants in Community Education offerings and events rate the experience as satisfactorily meeting expectations.
- Students are provided access to CWI courses/programs at multiple locations, on multiple schedules, and through multiple delivery methods.
- The CWI student population reflects the diversity of its service area.
- Approved by the Board of Trustees, December 2009


