Strategic Plan 2025-2029
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Room: E-Building, E-512
Phone: (718) 482-6119
OIRA@lagcc.cuny.edu
On March 5, 2024, LaGuardia released its new five-year strategic plan. The plan is focused on improving the student experience and boosting student outcomes — successful transfers to senior colleges and baccalaureate degree attainment, and living-wage jobs in fields of interest for graduates of workforce programs. Eighty “actions” are proposed in pursuit of twenty-one goals that support five essential pillars of student success. Dozens of measures, divisional and institutional, will help us track progress in real time over the next five years. Click on the Pillars below to learn more and see the details.
Top 6 Measures
Measures | Baseline* | 2029 Target* |
|---|---|---|
Associate Degree Graduation Rate (Three-Year FTFT Freshmen) | ||
Graduation Gap URM/Non-URM** | ||
% Graduates that Transfer to Baccalaureate Programs within Two Years | ||
% Graduates of Workforce Programs (AAS Degrees and ACE) Employed in Living Wage Occupations | ||
% Graduates of ACE Programs that Enroll in Degree Programs (% of new students in the fall cohort) | ||
Enrollment – Overall (Matriculated Students + ACE Students) |
*Baseline and Target Data coming soon.
**Under-represented minority URM groups in CUNY include African/black American, Latino Hispanic and Native Americans.
White, Asian and Pacific Islanders are not included.
Our Mission Statement
LaGuardia Community College’s mission is to educate and graduate one of the most diverse student populations in the country to become critical thinkers and socially responsible citizens who help to shape a rapidly evolving society.
Why do we do this?
We are dedicated to pursuing the goals of the 2029 Strategic Plan because…
- Education is a fundamental human right.
- A college degree is essential for economic and social mobility.
- We believe that all our students have the potential to succeed.
- We believe that our students can change their lives through education and training.
- We believe in the power of a diverse community united in pursuit of a common goal.
- We believe in the power of relationships for students – faculty and student; staff and student; student and student.
- We believe in the importance of friendship, of increasing connectedness and belonging, and strengthening the social fabric that binds us together.
- We believe in the power of collaboration and partnerships.
- We believe that for a community to thrive it must be diverse, inclusive, and welcoming to all.
- We are a public institution with a civic obligation to ensure that New York City is healthy and prosperous.
- We offer students education and training so that they can achieve economic and social mobility – the core purpose of CUNY.
- Approximately 2.3 million people live in Queens; only about one-third of them have a college degree.
- We acknowledge that a 26% graduation rate for our degree-seeking students is unacceptable.
- We must help a much greater percentage of our students achieve their goals.
- We must ensure equitable outcomes – we are only as successful as our least successful students.
- We are all fully committed to student success and accept responsibility for it collectively.
- We are committed to quality — to the highest quality associate degree and workforce training programs, and the highest quality student support services.
- We believe in data, and data-guided planning and decision-making.
- We are a learning college dedicated to continuous improvement; we design evidence-driven solutions, evaluate them, and then embrace, modify, or reject them based on their results.
- We believe we can make a difference in the lives of our students.
- We believe in our ability to unlock and develop our students’ potential.
- We believe that we have the capacity to teach and support our students in ways that will help a greater percentage of them achieve the results they seek.
- As we have high expectations for our students, we have equally demanding expectations of ourselves.
Our Commitments
As we do the work of the 2029 Strategic Plan we commit to…
- Build a Caring Community: kindness, respect, empathy, support
- Pursue a Student Experience Mindset: Strive to see LaGuardia from our students’ points of view
- Share responsibility for the quality of our students’ experiences
- Collaborate across divisions and departments
- Ensure the effective and transparent allocation of college resources
Thank You
Many thanks to the dozens of faculty, staff and students that contributed to the 2025-2029 Strategic Plan, participating in forums, workshops and presentations.
Strategic Plan Working Group Members
Laura Bartovics
Deema Bayrakdar
Vanessa Bing
Raheem Brooks
Justin Brown
Cristy Bruns
John Collins
Erica Correa
Milena Cuellar
Donniece Davis
Paisley Demby
Hugo Fernandez
Anthony Garafola
Leigh Garrison-Fletcher
Bukurie Gjoci
Josh Goldblatt
Abdul Hashim
Jason Hendrickson
Eric Hofmann
Assuanta Howard
John Hunt
Rochell Isaac
Elizabeth Jardine
Frank LaTerra-Bellino
Shannon Lund
Bede McCormack
Dionne Miller
Rhonda Mouton
Cristina Natale
Carolyn Nobles
Jessica Perez
José Plasencia
Jessica Zeichner Saca
Jesse Schwartz
Patricia Sokolski
Gina Taraskewich
John Toland
Tang Ni Tung
Kimberly Wright
Dominique Zino
Special Thanks
Leo Cohen
Francisco Colon Reyes
Taleida Gamble
Edward Hollins
Nava Lerer
Jessica Mendoza
Yasmin Nuñez
Marsha Oropeza
Luis Ortiz
Miranda Putman
Anna Rafalovich
Benjamin Rohdin
Elizabeth Ruiz
Nayelli Valencia Turrent
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