Contents
Appendix
Key Planning Documents
- America's AI Action Plan (White House Policy Initiative)
- Bay Area Community College Consortium Regional Plan
- California Community Colleges Board of Governors: Climate Action and Sustainability Framework
- California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office: Vision 2030
- California Master Plan for Aging
- De Anza College Strategic Initiatives
- Foothill-De Anza District Chancellor’s Priorities
- Governor’s Master Plan for Career Education
- Governor’s Road Map for Higher Education
Foothill-De Anza District Chancellor's Priorities
Strategic Priority No. 1
Equity by Design – Empower Every Learner for Impact
Advance justice-centered student success by reimagining learning experiences that remove systemic barriers and center possibility, especially for historically marginalized communities. Build pathways where every student becomes not just a graduate, but a changemaker in their family, workforce and society.
(From achievement gaps to transformation by design.)
Strategic Priority No. 2
Learning, Innovation and Liberal Arts Education
Redefine how and what we teach by integrating liberal arts education, critical thinking, civic engagement, and career-aligned learning that prepares students for a complex world. Strengthen transfer pathways alongside workforce preparation to ensure students are equipped for further education, meaningful careers and active civic participation.
(Preparing whole humans to navigate an increasingly complex world.)
Strategic Priority No. 3
Digital Transformation and AI Readiness – Build a Human-Centered Tech Future
Equip our institutions, faculty and students to lead, not just adapt to, the digital frontier ethically and responsibly. Through a unified, equitable tech infrastructure, infuse our culture with the tools, mindsets and systems needed to thrive in an age of AI.
(Not just future-proof, future-making.)
Strategic Priority No. 4
Career Pathways and Economic Opportunities
Create the opportunity for every student to be on a career pathway that leads to a family-sustaining livelihood and economic mobility. Build bridges in higher education between learners and employers that are rooted in equity, relevance and regional transformation.
(Transforming student success into economic vitality.)
Strategic Priority No. 5:
Global Citizenship and Civic Innovation – Educate for a Borderless World
Prepare learners to thrive as ethical, digitally fluent, globally minded and civically engaged citizens. In a time of climate crisis and geopolitical complexity, infuse curricula with global competence, ethical digital fluency and participatory democracy.
(Because the future belongs to those who can connect across cultures, sectors and systems.)