Mission & Objectives

About the Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education

The Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education receives financial support from the J.M. Kaplan Fund and is supported and hosted by Westchester Community College, in Valhalla, New York. The Consortium’s Blue Ribbon Panel is comprised of  23 community colleges and other organizations that have joined forces to increase educational opportunities for immigrant students.

Mission Statement:

CCCIE’s mission is to raise awareness of the important role community colleges play in delivering educational opportunities to immigrants and to promote and expand the range and quality of programs and services for immigrant students among community colleges around the country.

Objectives:

• Raise the visibility of the importance of immigrant education among the nation’s 1200+ community colleges and related professional organizations.
• Strengthen relationships with key community college professional associations to increase awareness of the immigrant education issues and resources available to association members.
• Establish a new vehicle through which community colleges can share promising practices in immigrant education, technical expertise and ideas to meet the educational needs of immigrants.
• Lay the foundation for continued expansion of CCCIE and its role as brain trust and advocate for immigrant education among community colleges.