De Anza College

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District serves the communities of Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Stanford, Sunnyvale, and parts of Saratoga and San Jose (district boundary map). For more than 50 years, Foothill-De Anza has demonstrated excellence and innovation in academic programs and student services. As one of the largest community college districts in the United States, Foothill-De Anza provides credit classes for about 64,000 students a year. The colleges are active members of the League for Innovation in the Community College, a national consortium of leading two-year institutions. The mission of the Foothill–De Anza Community College District is student success. Foothill–De Anza Community College District accomplishes this by providing access to a dynamic learning environment that fosters excellence, opportunity, equity and innovation in meeting the various educational and career goals of our diverse students and communities. The district provides high-quality undergraduate education at an affordable price for students and reasonable cost to the state and maintains the primary mission of advancing California through education, training and workforce improvement. The Foothill-De Anza Community College District marked its golden anniversary in 2007, celebrating its first 50 years of excellence, opportunity and innovation in educating a diverse student body. Enrollment today stands at about 64,000 students annually. The legacy of the district had its origins in a post-World War II California, a time of unprecedented opportunity. Industry flourished, jobs were plentiful, urban centers and suburbs grew rapidly and affordable housing abounded. It was in this climate of growth and optimism that local educators came together to explore the formation of a community college district, which area voters approved by a 6-to-1 margin in 1957.

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