{"id":1474,"date":"2024-08-06T14:25:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T14:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ocean.edu\/?page_id=1474"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T21:44:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ocean.edu\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About OCC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our Values<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Foundation<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mission \/ Vision<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Strategic Planning<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Leadership<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Board of Trustees<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Meet the President<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Executive Officers<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Institutional Planning, Effectiveness, and Compliance<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Ocean County Board of Commissioners<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Faculty & Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Meet the people who are changing the face of education and making new and exciting things happen every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employees, students, and the community are able to easily search for individuals by department or name (last or first) for access to titles, phone extensions, emails and office location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Campus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Campus Life<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OCC Manahawkin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Campus Resources<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Visiting OCC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bookstore<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emergency Closing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Facilities<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Facts & Stats<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Policies and Procedures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Policies related to: Bylaws of the Board of Trustees, Administration, Personnel, Business, Students, Community …<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fact Book<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Fact book tells OCC\u2019s story through data and infographics in addition to providing contextual information for each section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Campus Civility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ocean County College promotes academic excellence in 28 academic programs\/program options and 19 certificates programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Partnering For The Future<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ocean County College is currently engaged in implementing its Strategic Plan which includes a strong movement to innovate as well as to leverage collaboration, partnerships, and sharing to achieve Ocean\u2019s Mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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College History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The interest in establishing a facility for higher education in Ocean County dates back to 1957 when the Ocean County Board of Commissioners went on record favoring a study of the need for such a facility within the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Achievement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ocean County College complies with federal Title IV student financial aid regulatory requirements that specify the \u201cconsumer information\u201d that must be provided to current and prospective students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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News & Events<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Events<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Human Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Human Resources staff collectively has 152 years\u2019 experience assisting and supporting employees.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We focus on delivering services and providing resources to our employees, enabling them to be fully prepared and highly committed as the OCC community works together to ensure that students are part of one of the best community colleges in NJ that provides high quality education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Academic Master Plan<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Academic Master Plan 2022 \u2013 2025 <\/a>is the guiding plan for academics at Ocean County College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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