Child Development & Education Department

STUDENT SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS

SRPING 2010

􀂃 35% of respondents enrolled in C D 010G, 14% in C D 010H, 12% in C D 064, 11% in

C D 050, and 28% in other C D courses.

􀂃 75% of respondents selected Child Development/Education as their Major, 5% selected Psychology or other social science, 3% selected Nursing or other biological science, and 17% selected other or undecided.

􀂃 15% of respondents were new students at De Anza College, 31% were first-year students, 31% were second-year students, 10% were third-year students, and 13% were forth-year students or more.

􀂃 20% of respondents have Foreign Degree, 10% have MA Degree, 22% have BA/BS

Degree, 9% have AA/AS Degree, 5% have Community College Certificate of Achievement or Proficiency, 31% have High School Graduate, and 2% have GED.

􀂃 56% of respondents were Asian or Pacific Islander, 19% were White not Hispanic, 10% were Latino(a), 5% were Mixed Ethnicity, 2% were African American not Hispanic, 1% were each American Indian or Alaskan Native, and Filipino, and 6% selected Other.

􀂃 29% of respondents (262 of 442 responses) indicated that they would attend classes

beginning between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., 26% selected classes beginning between 9:00 a.m. and noon, 18% selected Saturday classes, 17% selected classes beginning between 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., and 10% selected classes beginning between noon and 3:00 p.m.

􀂃 44% of respondents reside in San Jose, 22% in Sunnyvale, 8% in Cupertino and 26% in other areas.

􀂃 50% of respondents indicated that their biggest challenge to success in classes is “work

and/or family obligations,” 32% selected “English as your second language,” 11% selected “learning difficulties,” 3% selected “physical barriers in environment,” 2% selected “lack of basic skills,” and 2% selected “difficulty with the English language.”