The college has developed the following learning outcomes to help enhance the quality of the student’s total learning experience at Manchester Community College. Learning goal icons were developed to identify goals associated with activities and programs.
Beginning in school, and continuing at successively higher levels across their college studies, students should prepare for twenty-first-century challenges by gaining proficiency in the following areas:
Learning Goal | Achieved Through | How Practiced |
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![]() Knowledge of Human Cultures and the Physical World |
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By engagement with big questions, both contemporary and enduring |
![]() Intellectual and Practical Skills |
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Across the curriculum and co-curriculum, in the context of progressively more challenging problems, projects and standards for performance |
![]() Personal and Social Responsibility |
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Through active involvement with diverse communities and real-world challenges |
![]() Understanding of Self |
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Through perseverance toward the accomplishment of educational and personal goals |
![]() Integrative Learning |
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Through the application of knowledge, skills, and responsibilities to new settings and complex problems |
Adapted from the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) Essential Learning Outcomes
For more information about Learning Outcomes feel free to speak with someone from the Dean of Student Affairs Office at 860-512-3200.