The mission of Parkland College is to engage the community in learning.
The following purposes are of equal importance in fulfilling the mission of Parkland College:
- Serve students by providing:
- High-quality and responsive developmental, technical-vocational, transfer, and lifelong educational programs;
- High-quality and responsive support services;
- A climate throughout the college that values and promotes integrity, inquiry, diversity, inclusion, active citizenship, global awareness, and academic freedom
- Serve employees by providing a supportive and responsive work environment
- Serve the larger community by providing services and resources that promote the intellectual, cultural, and economic development of Illinois Community College District 505.