Our mission is to offer educational programs that enable the entire college community to achieve their potential by developing the abilities, aptitudes and skills needed for personal and professional growth.

Business Address:
One College Park
Decatur, IL 62521

Phone: 217- 875-7200

Website: http://www.richland.edu

E-Mail: stevev@richland.edu 

We achieve our mission and purpose by:

• Providing student development programs, services and activities that help students identify, set and achieve realistic educational and career goals and that develop the skills and knowledge necessary to achieve intellectual, emotional, personal, physical and social growth.
  

• Providing articulated courses and programs that prepare Students to transfer to senior institutions or providing general and technical education courses and programs that prepare or retrain students for employment.
  

• Providing community education programs, services and activities designed to encourage opportunities for lifelong learning and to promote linkages with business, industry and government agencies to meet the changing needs of the market place and promote economic growth in Central Illinois.
  

• Providing basic education skills training to prepare students to engage in college-level study and offering training in such a manner as to accommodate differences in preparedness and styles of learning.
  

• Providing an environment that emphasizes human growth and development, cooperation, respect, caring and innovation among faculty and staff.