Core values

As part of the Strategic Planning process, the committee is working with a specific format based on a six-year Stanford research project by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras published in Built to Last (2002).

"Core purpose. . . is the organization's fundamental reason for being. . . When properly conceived, purpose is broad, fundamental, and enduring; a good purpose should serve to guide and inspire the organization for years, perhaps a century or more." (Collins & Porras 224, 76-77).

The Strategic Planning Committee is keeping this model's definition in mind while they are formulating the core values for the College of Charleston's 2008 Strategic Plan. This important step will be completed during the spring semester.