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Strategic Directions & Objectives

To meet our Mission, Values, and Vision, the College has developed Strategic Directions and Objectives. These structured goals guide actions and initiatives while providing measurable outcomes to demonstrate what success will look like in becoming the College of Choice, Partner of Choice, and Employer of Choice.  

Primary Goal

OCC’s primary strategic goal is to double the graduation rate, to help students realize the economic and life benefits of an earned college credential. OCC will attain this goal through strategies focused on excellence, people, and outcomes.  

Strategic Direction 1: Cultivate Operational Excellence and Sustainability: Students, Experience, Outcomes

Objective 1: Become a student-ready college, innovating to advance agency, access, and success for all students.

  • Advance student completion and equity through the Detroit Drives Degrees Community College Collaborative (D3C3)
    • Grow an integrated service model through proactive, systematic, student success analytics
    • Enhance operational efficiency and impact through streamlined processes and digitized forms
    • Expand K-12 partnerships to grow dual enrollment opportunities and equity-based college access and success

Objective 2: Champion educational excellence for curriculum and instruction, building innovation, student connection, and support.

Objective 3: Improve outcomes for all students through credit momentum, graduation, transfer, and career advancement.

Objective 4: Engage in continuous improvement through organizational analysis to nimbly respond to opportunities and threats.

  • Optimize organization to invest in mission

Strategic Direction 2: Build a people first organization

Objective 1: Grow cultural standards of communication, collaboration, accountability, and respect, empowering every employee to live the mission of OCC in service to students and community.

  • Expand student lifecycle data dashboards
  • Initiate institutional process mapping
  • Advance the Collaborative Decision-Making model (CDM)

  • Launch departmental Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Pursue continual improvement of institutional culture and practices

Contact Information


Kristin Carey-Li
Director of College Strategy
Phone: (248) 232-4745

Steve Simpson, Ed.D.
Chief of Staff, Strategy & Diversity,
Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
Phone:  (517) 745-7814

Janet Dean
Administrative Assistant
Phone: (248) 232-4747