16 Chabot College 2024-2026 GENERAL INFORMATION HISTORY The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is in its 55th year of providing educational opportunities to residents of the Bay Area. The formation of a “junior college district” was approved by the voters on January 10, 1961, and the first Board of Trustees elected on April 18, 1961. Chabot College opened for classes on September 11, 1961, on a seven and one-half acre temporary site in San Leandro with an enrollment of 1,163 students. The 94-acre Chabot College site on Hesperian Boulevard in Hayward opened for its first day of classes on September 20,1965. Chabot College primarily serves residents of Alameda County in the East Bay area, including the district communities of Castro Valley, Hayward, San Leandro, San Lorenzo and Union City. The site for Las Positas College on 147 acres in Livermore was purchased in October 1964, and the college known then as Chabot College’s Valley Campus opened for instruction on March 31, 1975, in four buildings designed for 600 students. Las Positas College was designated California’s 107th community college by the California Community Colleges Board of Governors in October 1988. Las Positas College primarily serves residents of Alameda County and a portion of Contra Costa County in the Tri-Valley area, including the district communities of Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton and Sunol. The District serves over 26,000 students. ACCREDITATION Chabot College is a public, two-year community college accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Chabot college is also accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. The Program in Nursing is accredited by the California Board of Registered Nursing. The college is approved by the California State Department of Education and is a member of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges and the Community College League of California. Appropriate courses are fully accepted on transfer by the University of California, the state university system, and by private four-year colleges and universities. The College is approved for the training of veterans and for the education of foreign students. CHABOT COLLEGE VISION, MISSION, AND VALUE STATEMENTS VISION Chabot College empowers students to reach their academic and career goals and to lead in sustainability, innovation, and equity in their communities and the world. MISSION Chabot College is a dynamic, student-centered community college that serves the educational, career, job skill, and personal development needs of our community. We provide culturally responsive, revitalizing, and sustaining learning and support services driven by a goal of equity. Building upon students’ strengths and voices, we empower students to achieve their goals and lead us towards an equitable and sustainable world. VALUES Learning and Teaching • Providing an environment that fosters intellectual curiosity, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, and equity. • Supporting the development of the whole person with compassion and care. • Providing quality and culturally responsive, revitalizing, and sustaining educational experiences that meet students where they are and help them achieve their goals. • Providing opportunities for career exploration and career readiness based on self-knowledge, interests, values, and skills. • Holistically supporting students and making learning accessible to all. Community, Inclusion, and Equity • Establishing equity and inclusivity in our campus culture, decision- making, policies, and practices. • Treating one another with respect, dignity and integrity. • Providing a safe, welcoming, and well-maintained learning and working environment, free from anti-blackness and racism, discrimination, intimidation, harassment, and bullying. • Practicing our work in an ethical and reflective manner. • Honoring, respecting, and celebrating diversity, and valuing, in particular, the perspectives of those most impacted by systemic inequality.
