Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Mission Statement

The mission of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District is student success and
educational excellence. The district and its colleges provide access to affordable, quality
educational programs and services that develop a broadly educated and socially responsible community that supports an equitable and just future for California and the global community. Every member of our district contributes to a dynamic instructional and learning environment that fosters student engagement, equal opportunity, and innovation in meeting the various educational and career goals of our diverse students. Foothill-De Anza is driven by an equity agenda and core values of integrity, inclusion, care for our students' well-being, and sustainability.

What We Do

The Foothill-De Anza Community College District Office of Institutional Research and Planning provides leadership for integrating research and planning into district activities including strategic planning, enrollment management, resource allocations and accreditation. The district office collaborates with the college institutional research offices at both De Anza and Foothill Colleges. 

The main goals of the district office are to:

• Provide access to data and ensuring access is readily available, and data is digestible and understandable;
• Maintain a robust data infrastructure system and support a data governance process to improve data quality and managment;
• Coordinate district program review and provide data to inform continuous improvement of programs and services;
• Facilitate the district Accreditation processes and support colleges in their accrediation processes;
• Facilitate a culture of inquiry by holding data training sessions and serving as consultants and thought partners;
• Prepare mandatory federal, state and local reports; and
• Support district grant acquisition and reporting.

Requests for Research at the Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Each college maintains a research request process and fulfills requests based on their prioritization process. 

District requests can be directed to [email protected]. Prior to submitting a request, please review our district policy on external research requests.