Mission

The Reading Department of San Antonio College serves approximately 4,500 students per academic year. Of those students, 14% are black, 61% Hispanic, 18% are Anglo and 8% classify themselves as other. Ninety-nine percent of the students are underprepared, that is, not reading at college level.

The department strives to:

• Provide innovation in instruction and services to meet the diverse needs of the community's multicultural population.
• Give all of the community's underprepared students the opportunity to achieve success in college level courses.
• Offer college level courses which will strengthen critical reading skills and provide flexibility in reading.
• Meet the community needs for a more literate workforce.
• Emphasize excellence in teaching and learning by student participation (facilitating learning).
• Base our curriculum and instruction on careful, systematic and patient study of how our students learn.
• Provide an environment that fosters professional and personal growth for faculty and staff.