Bainbridge College seeks to provide services to adult learners that reflect the following princples (See CAEL for more).
| OUTREACH | The institution conducts outreach to adult learners by overcoming barriers of time, place, and tradition in order to create lifelong access to educational opportunities. |
| LIFE & CAREER PLANNING | The institution addresses adult learners’ life and career goals before or at the onset of enrollment in order to assess and align its capacities to help learners reach their goals. |
| FINANCING | The institution promotes choice using an array of payment options for adult learners in order to expand equity and financial flexibility. |
| ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING OUTCOMES | The institution defines and assesses the knowledge, skills, and competencies acquired by adult learners both from the curriculum and from life/work experience in order to assign credit and confer degrees with rigor. |
| TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS | The institution’s faculty uses multiple methods of instruction (including experiential- and problembased methods) for adult learners in order to connect curricular concepts to useful knowledge and skills. |
| STUDENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS | The institution assists adult learners using comprehensive academic and student support systems in order to enhance students’ capacities to become self-directed, lifelong learners. |
| TECHNOLOGY | The institution uses information technology to provide relevant and timely information and to enhance the learning experience. |
| STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS | The institution engages in strategic relationships, partnerships, and collaborations with employers and other organizations in order to develop and improve educational opportunities for adult learners. |