Privacy, Security, and Compliance

Code of Ethics

Statement of Purpose

The Virginia's Community Colleges System is committed to providing comprehensive higher education and workforce training programs and services that are financially and geographically accessible and that meet individual, business and community needs of the commonwealth.

Mission

We give everyone the opportunity to learn and develop the right skills so lives and communities are strengthened.

Values

These values serve as a guide for the members of the VCCS community when ethical issues arise.

We are committed to learning environments that foster academic integrity.
We will be good stewards of our resources and make effective and efficient use of them, thereby ensuring accountability to the state and to the communities we serve.
We will maintain the confidentiality and security of information entrusted to us and share information only when authorized or required by law to do so.
We will not accept any gift, favor, loan, service, business or professional opportunity from anyone knowing (or when it should be known) that it is offered in order to improperly influence the performance of our public duties. We will avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.
We will offer good faith and fair dealings to all those we serve and to each other. Our communications will be civil and professional.
We will offer employment opportunities in accordance with state, federal and system policies supporting the rights and recognizing the needs of all citizens regardless of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or political affiliation.
We encourage and expect all members of the community to act in good faith and bring to the attention of the appropriate official any violation or potential violation of these principles.

Privacy Policy

It is the policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia that personal information about citizens will be collected only to the extent necessary to provide the service or benefit desired; that only appropriate information will be collected; that the citizen shall understand the reason the information is collected and be able to examine any personal record maintained by a public body. This website:

Collects information, including email addresses, only when additional information about VCCS colleges or courses is requested. This information is used solely to provide the information or services requested and is not shared with other organizations or used in any other way.
Uses temporary “cookies” only in specific applications that allow for registering for programs or requesting additional information about programs or courses. These temporary cookies, designed to enhance the user’s experience, are automatically removed when you exit the site and do not remain on your computer.
The IP address, pages browsed and date and time of your visit is collected for internal statistical purposes only.
The VCCS web site links to individual community college web sites, which are governed by their own policies and procedures, and may link to external sites that are not controlled by the policies of the VCCS.

Equal Opportunity

It is the policy of the Virginia's Community Colleges System (VCCS) to maintain and promote equal employment and educational opportunities without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, disability, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, or other non-merit factors.

Section 508 Compliance

The Shared Services Center strives to provide an electronic environment that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of ability.

This web site endeavors to comply with best practices and standards as defined by Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.

Pages are regularly run through a W3C compliant validation product to monitor compliance with WCAG guidelines.

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