Student Equity

We define student equity as on-going accountable processes that will work towards achieving equity in all measurements of student access and achievement across lines of gender, ethnicity and disability. Specifically, the college must increase transfer rates and degree and certificate awards, improve access, course completion, course retention and persistence, and, importantly, equalize student success rates by gender, ethnicity, and disability.

Each division and department has created a Student Equity Plan reflecting the aspects of the Five-Point model which are:

• Research to identify general and discipline-specific programs, courses and best practices which show a high degree of success with groups of students under-served by the institution;
• Curriculum Development, teaching strategies and student services evaluation;
• Staff Development
• Evaluation of curriculum and teaching strategies using multiple assessment methods;
• Longitudinal Studies of identified cohorts of students prior to and beyond their DeAnza experience.

More information about student equity is available in the "De Anza 2005: Pathways to Student Equity: Achieving the Goals of the Educational Master Plan" document available in the Office of Diversity at De Anza College.

Teachers and administrators interested in developing student equity plans for their departments can contact Edmundo Norte, division dean for Intercultural/International Studies at:

Intercultural/International Studies
De Anza College
21250 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Cupertino, California 95014
Phone: 408.864.8443
E-mail: norteedmundo@deanza.edu