This profile is designed to provide relevant information to a prospective candidate for employment at the De Anza Library, officially the A. Robert DeHart Learning Center, but called the De Anza College Library at all official college Web sites. De Anza College, one of two schools that make up the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, is located in Cupertino in Santa Clara County, California. De Anza, currently the largest community college in the San Franscico South Bay area in terms of enrollment and programs, was founded in 1967 with an initial enrollment of 5,669. The college draws commuter students from other community college districts and distance learning students from across California. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies De Anza as a very large, two-year, public institution.(1)
The Education Master Plan states the De Anza College mission. "Building on its tradition of excellence, De Anza College challenges students of every background:
The Foothill-De Anza Community College District compiles statistics about the student body from data collected at registration each quarter.(3) Data is collected in the following categories: gender, age group, enrollment status, highest education, full/part time, district of residence. In recent years the enrollment has decreased as tuition has doubled from $7 to $14 per credit hour (approximate figures). The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac includes De Anza in its list of national campuses with the largest enrollments, giving 24,372 as the enrollment for Fall 2002.(4) In general, each year enrollment peaks fall quarter and slowly drops off by spring quarter. Summer enrollment is also greatly reduced.
1981 26,772 1987 27,513 1989 27,183
Enrollment Male Female Unrecorded Total Gender 10,903 12,072 302 23,277 % of total 46.8% 51.9% 1.3% 100%
Enrollment Male Female Unrecorded Total Gender 8,350 9,318 3,798 21,466 % of total 38.9% 43.4% 17.7% 100%
Enrollment Male Female Unrecorded Total Gender 11.096 12,093 66 23,255 % of total 47.7% 52.9% .3% 100%
Full time 8,499 36.5% Part time 14,756 63.5% Average Number Units Earned 5.67 6,960 people earning 3.0 to 5.90 units
19 or less 7,064 30.4% 20-24 7,254 31.2% 25-29 2,788 12.0% 30-34 1,727 7.4% 35-39 1,248 5.5% 40-49 1,826 7.9% 50-59 850 3.7% 60+ 495 2.1% Unrecorded 3 Total 23,355 100% Median age 22
Not a HS Grad 840 3.6% Special Admit (K-12) 1,757 7.5% Adult School 394 HS Diploma 12,081 52.0% Passed GED 1,004 CA Certificate 238 Foreign Secondary 1,672 AA/AS 844 BA/BS 1,866 8.0% MA/MS 808 3.5% Doctorate 89 Foreign Degree 1,605 Unrecorded 57 Total 23,255
Foohill Service Area 1,157 5.0% DeAnza Service Area 5,433 23.4% San Jose-Evergreen CCD 5,515 23.7% West Valley-Mission CCD 6,247 26.9% San Mateo CCD 417 1.8% Gavilan Joint CCD 285 1.2% Other California CCD 2,564 11.0% Out of State 224 1.0% Foreign 1,412 6.4% Total 23,255 100%
Someone seeking employment at the De Anza Library may be interested in an unofficial look at the student population. Unofficially, the student body can be grouped in ways determined by the services the college provides. The college's Web site establishes evidence that services are offered to the following groups: special education students, distance learning students, nontraditional/returnee students, ESL and international students, and tradition college students. Students don't belong to one group exclusively, but may fall into several groups simultaneously.
Special education students
De Anza is known as having a large, well funded programs for special education (SPED) and disabled students that attracts students from all over the area. De Anza is state-funded as a training and support facility for community college programs in assistive technology. The SPED Web site asserts, "the college enrolls more than 2,000 students each year into programs that support students with disabilities." Disabled students are those with learning disabilities; physical disabilities such as low vision and blindness, deafness and hearing loss, or mobility impairment; psychological disabilities such as attention deficit disorder; and developmental disabilities. All De Anza labs, including the library media lab, serve the computer-related needs of students with disabilities.
Distance learning students
The Distance Learning Center at De Anza offered 99 classes in all academic departments, winter quarter 2005. De Anza offers both online and televised courses. Televised courses are available throughout Silicon Valley; online courses are available to students who live outside of this area. The only way these students have access to library resources is through the library's Web site including the online catalog.
International students and ESL students
The International Students Web site claims that more than 900 De Anza students are on an F-1 visa and another 1,300 students are on other types of visas. Based on her four years of teaching in the Language Arts Department at De Anza, this researcher can verify from personal experience that a major number of De Anza students have native languages other than English. Many enroll in ESL classes, but many others who graduated from local high schools without being college ready are not considered ESL students. Because all degree-seeking students must take general education classes, this group uses library resources as often as other student groups.
Nontraditional and returnee students
RENEW is the service on campus that specializes in addressing the needs and concerns of non-traditional students who are returning to school. Nontraditional returnee students are those who are age 25 and older. According to statistics collected at registration, 44 percent of all students are age 20-29. Twenty-eight percent of students are aged 30 and older. So a possible 50 percent of all De Anza students may be age 25 and older. Many in this group have previous experience in higher education.
Traditional college students
Twenty-nine percent of the student body is age 19 or under. These traditional students have enrolled at De Anza for the first time after finishing high school or are now in their second or third years. This group includes students, aged 19 or under, who have transferred from other colleges.
Other users of the De Anza Library including the library's online public access catalog (OPAC) include the college's 900 faculty, staff, and administrators listed in the Staff Directory.
The highest degree the college offers is the 2-year Associates degree.(5)
Divisions enrolling the largest number of students or full time equivalent students (FTES):
Accounting 2 Administration of Justice 3 Administrative Asst/Office Technology 1 Art 4 Automotive Technician (Evening) 6 Automotive Technology (Day) 3 Biological Sciences 1 Business Administration 1 Business Software Applications 1 Child Development 1 Computer Aided Design (CAD) (Mechanical) 1 Computer Information Systems 1 Environmental Studies 4 Film 3 Global Studies 1 Graphic Design & Interactive Design 1 Health Technologies 1 Intercultural Studies 1 Liberal Arts 1 Manufacturing & CNC 3 Marketing Management 1 Massage Therapy 1 Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) 1 Music 1 Nursing Programs 2 Paralegal Studies 1 Photographic Arts 1 Professional Photography 2 Real Estate 1 Speech Communication 1 Technical Writing 1 University Transfer Studies 1 Total AA/AS Degrees 54
2004-05 Totals Applied Technologies 156 Biological, Health & Environmental Sciences 227 Creative Arts 72 Business & Computer Science 285 General Studies 785 Child Development 0 Interculture/International Studies 3 Language Arts 73 Library 0 Older Adults Studies 0 Physical Education & Athletics No information Physical Science, Math & Engineering No info Social Sciences & Humanities 128 Student services 0 Total Degrees and Certificates Granted 1,729
Associates Degree 1,142 Certificates 617 UC transfers 548 USC transfers 1,327
De Anza is a public institution and is funded from public money. Since 2002 De Anza has been experiencing enormous cutbacks in funding and may currently be operating at a deficit. Budget information below is for 2005-06.
Brian Murphy (2005), De Anza's President, states on the President's Reports Web site "Foothill-De Anza's potential operating deficit for 2005-06 may be close to $8 million, plus or minus $2 million because of variables in revenue and expenses" Jeanine Hawk, vice president of Finance and College Services at De Anza, states "De Anza has two budget issues: [one is] the college's ongoing deficit of $1 million".(6)
The Sunnyvale Sun, a local newspaper that includes Cupertino news, published an article recently in which Martha Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza CCD, discusses why the district receives $3,717 from the state of California per student compared to the statewide average of $4,100. The national average for community colleges is closer to $8,000.(7)
Revenue 04/05 Budget 04/05 Estimates 05/06 Estimates Total Revenue 155,319,608 152,454,090 154,023,090 Total Expenses & Transfers 159,693,893 161,846,265 161,916,657 Net Change in Fund Balance (4,374,287) (9,392,174) (7,893,566) Beginning Fund Balance 15,970,813 15,970,813 6,578,639 Ending Fund Balance 11,596,526 6,578,539 (1,314,938) 04-05 Reserves 7,870,000 7,870,000 7,700,000 Undesignated 04-05 3,726,526 (1,291,361) (9,014,928)