Paul Quinn College

Paul Quinn College is a private, faith-based, four-year, liberal arts-inspired college that was founded on April 4, 1872, by a group of African Methodist Episcopal Church preachers in Austin, Texas. The school’s original purpose was to educate freed slaves and their offspring. Today, we proudly educate students of all races and socio-economic classes under the banner of our institutional ethos, WE Over Me. Our mission is to provide a quality, faith-based education that addresses the academic, social, and Christian development of students and prepares them to servant leaders and agents of change in the global marketplace.

Beginning in the fall of 2015, Paul Quinn College adopted a new student financial structure called the “New Urban College Model” which, among other characteristics, reduced student tuition and fees and provides students with the ability to graduate with less than $10,000 of student loan debt. The centerpiece of the New Urban College Model is Paul Quinn’s decision to become the country’s only urban Work College. There are currently eight work colleges in the nation. Paul Quinn is the ninth federally funded work college in the United States, the first Minority Serving Institution (“MSI”) in the Work College Consortium, and the first work college in Texas.

The vision of the Paul Quinn College Work Program is to transform ability into action and potential into achievement by encouraging all students to embrace the ideals of disciplined work, servant leadership, and initiative in preparation for lives of financial freedom, community engagement, and outstanding character.

VISION

The vision of the Paul Quinn College Work Program (“the Work Program”) is to transform ability into action and potential into achievement by encouraging all students to embrace the ideals of disciplined work, servant leadership, and initiative in preparation for lives of financial freedom, community engagement, and outstanding character.

MISSION

The Work Program is designed to provide students with meaningful work opportunities that allow them to better serve the Paul Quinn community while also developing the necessary skills, habits, and experiences to be competitive in the 21st-century job market and practicing economic leadership by actively contributing towards the cost of their education. This mission is fulfilled by:

• Creating a workforce that provides PQC with the staffing for campus operations and students with opportunities for debt reduction.
• Expanding the educational experience of the student body.
• Strengthening students’ work ethic and commitment to the service of others.
• Encouraging the pursuit of excellence, reflection, and self-development.
• Producing effective, high-quality work supervisors.