PRESIDENT SEARCH Position Announcement
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PRESIDENT SEARCH Position Announcement The Foothill-De Anza Community College District invites nominations and applications for the position of president of Foothill College to succeed Dr. Judy Miner, who is now serving as district chancellor. Located in one of the most desirable and diverse regions of the country, Foothill College is searching for a president to lead a premier community college in advancing a culture of equity that promotes access and success for all students, with particular attention to supporting historically underserved and underrepresented students. The next president of Foothill College is a passionate advocate for student success and has a record of increasing student access and completion. She/he thinks boldly and is willing to take risks to improve student outcomes. This person has the persuasive powers, commitment and strategic ability to unite the college behind new initiatives. Foothill’s next leader will articulate a clear vision for the college and promote clear and consistent communication to create a more informed and engaged community. He/she will be driven by a sense of urgency to build a cohesive, results-oriented leadership team that will collaborate with faculty, staff and students on closing the achievement gap, with a focus on equity, diversity, and innovation to increase student success. The next president of Foothill College is an accomplished and entrepreneurial fundraiser who is skilled at developing partnerships to access resources, reach underserved populations and create new pathways to college and careers. This person understands how increasing student success will help close the region’s skills and income gaps and improve civic and economic well-being. 2 The Opportunity Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as the “most Ed.D., who was appointed to the position in June 2015 after beautiful community college ever built,” Foothill College is serving as Foothill College president for eight years. Publicly an internationally renowned institution located in the heart supported and locally oriented, the district prepares students of the Silicon Valley, just four miles from Stanford University for university transfer and fills an essential role in workforce and 45 miles south of San Francisco. Situated amid 122 development to meet the changing demands of surrounding acres of rolling foothills in Los Altos Hills, the spectacular communities. Foothill-De Anza also gives high priority to its main campus features Pacific-style architecture and role in preparing students for civic participation and is deeply complementary landscaping that continue to earn top design committed to equity in higher education. awards. In spite of recent California drought conditions, Foothill has maintained its appeal, guided by a vision of Foothill-De Anza is a founding member of the League for sustainability and conservation of natural resources. Innovation in the Community College and has continuously maintained its position as one of 17 members of the Board of As its next president, the successful candidate in this national Directors, one of only two California districts on the League search will take the helm of a flourishing campus where board. innovation melds with tradition, creating one of America’s outstanding community colleges. Foothill-De Anza enjoys strong support from a community that values and respects quality education. In 1999 and 2006, Foothill and its sister college De Anza comprise the two- voters overwhelmingly approved district bond measures that campus Foothill-De Anza Community College District, generated approximately $750 million for new construction, serving approximately 500,000 residents in the communities modernization and other capital improvements, including new of Palo Alto, Stanford, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain technology, resulting in significant upgrades to the campuses. View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, and portions of San Jose, While much new construction has been completed, building Saratoga, and Santa Clara. is underway at the new Sunnyvale Center, and planning has begun for a new district office building and boardroom In addition to its main campus in Los Altos Hills, Foothill adjacent to the Foothill College main campus. College operates the Middlefield Campus in Palo Alto, which will be replaced in 2016 by a new education center Foothill and De Anza college presidents work closely with in Sunnyvale. The center will serve as a regional hub for the Foothill-De Anza Foundation to friend-raise and fund- workforce training in new and emerging technologies raise for college priorities. The foundation is among the in the Bay Area. Courses will be offered by both Foothill largest nonprofit auxiliary organizations among California College and Mission College, marking an unprecedented community colleges, with a high-water mark of $36 million in collaboration between community college districts and assets. Support for the foundation comes from a community providing students with new education and career pathways. board whose members are well connected throughout the Built on property the district obtained at no cost through the Silicon Valley. federal public benefit conveyance process, the center is well located to support business and industry partnerships at the gateway to one of Silicon Valley’s premier technology parks. With 62,000 students and 2,000 faculty and staff, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District is one of the nation’s largest, and the seventh in size among California’s 72 districts. The two college presidents are key members of the district’s executive team led by Chancellor Judy Miner, 3 International Excellence and National Stature Foothill College has a long-standing national reputation for State University systems, and about 400 students a year teaching excellence and innovation. The first community transfer to private and out-of-state institutions including college in California to offer online courses for credit, MIT, Stanford University, University of Southern California, Foothill currently offers 12 fully online associate degree Cornell University and Georgetown University. programs and approximately 300 online course sections. More than 30 percent of the college’s enrollment is online. Foothill College faculty and staff are dedicated to the college’s mission of providing access to outstanding Selected in a competitive process by the California educational opportunities for all students. Whether the goal Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, Foothill-De Anza is basic skills preparation, career training, lifelong learning Community College District is leading a $57 million, five-year or university transfer, the Foothill community is committed Online Education Initiative (OEI) to increase transfer and to helping students learn and succeed. Foothill College is a degree completion among California students. The initiative proudly diverse multicultural institution and is well prepared aims to increase access to quality online courses and robust to meet the evolving educational, economic and cultural support services for students, faculty and staff across the needs of an increasingly technology-based global community. state. Foothill College is an active participant in the grant, bringing its extensive online experience to the collaboration California’s reinvigorated economy has made possible an as one of 24 pilot colleges offering online courses via a unprecedented influx of new state funding to support common course management system. student success in community colleges. Foothill is using these funds to expand its infrastructure of support services for Foothill College has achieved state, regional and national students and professional development for faculty and staff. recognition for its high-quality academic programs, including health care careers, accounting, music technology, geospatial The next president will discover a learning community with technology, child development, computer programming and a capacity for bold vision in policy-making and day-to-day theatre arts, as well as for curriculum related to emerging operations. Foothill’s culture includes a spirit of creativity and technology such as biomedical engineering and nanoscience. celebration and longstanding commitment to core values of honesty, integrity, trust, openness, transparency, forgiveness, Foothill College faculty are known for teaching excellence and sustainability. and educate approximately 28,000 day, evening and online students annually. Students may choose from 79 associate degree programs and 107 specialty certificate programs, or The Vision of Foothill College take classes in preparation for transfer to another college or university. The college draws students from throughout the Foothill College educates students from diverse region, and its demographics reflect the diversity of the Bay backgrounds that represent the demographics of the Area. Bay Area, with particular attention to underserved and underrepresented populations. Foothill students master Foothill is among the top transfer institutions in California content and skills which are critical for their future success. and recently was identified in the Chronicle of Higher They develop and act upon a sense of responsibility to be Education as the No. 1 public two-year college in the nation stewards of the public good. for graduating first-time, degree-seeking students within three years. Each year the college awards more than 600 associate degrees and 500 certificates of achievement. In the past