Category talk:Foothill College (2021 cohort)

Campus Overview WIki Page: Foothill College

Foothill College is a public community college founded in 1957. Located in Los Altos, California, Foothill is part of the De-Anza Community District along with De-Anza Community College. The college’s mission is to innovatively equip individuals with quality education and leverage their work as active civilians of a democratic society. The core values that anchor the institution and its members are: compassion, commitment, communication, agency, integrity, collaboration, cultural competency, and accountability. Serving a highly diverse community, Foothill College’s vision is to empower the underserved and underrepresented populations by embracing the student voices and initiatives. Although certificates and Associate's degrees are quite strong, Foothill most heavily prepares its students to transfer to 4-year Universities.

Foothill College has been distinguished from a plethora of other colleges as the best public transfer community college in California. This is a ranking that the college has earned, from providing elite resources, encouraging equity education, and unlocking students’ potential through innovative initiatives over the years. At its nature, it encompasses a healthy community environment, where the student body feels inspired to better their educational experience. Some of the ways they get involved and take action include: Courses/certificates exposing students to the innovation and entrepreneurship world, Clubs/organizations giving student the opportunity to innovate, create, and learn from one another, the student government, the Foothill-Deanza board of trustees, and informational sessions spreading the word about what there is on campus and what new opportunities might exist in the future, hands-on innovation challenges, symposiums, and competitions where students share projects, deepen their understanding, gain exposure, and acquire new skills from learning experiences, internship program and job opportunities on campus to promote exposure and mastering of skills, as well as the Krause Center of Innovation located on campus giving the opportunity to students to broaden and strengthen their educational experience through the makerspace. KCI’s goal is to innovate, educate, and empower faculty and students inside and outside the Foothill campus and is uniquely positioned to address many of the critical issues facing education and workforce development.