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Academic Senate task forces target enrollment, guided pathways form meta majors groupings

Dylan Newman, Staff Reporter | March 3, 2020

De Anza Academic Senate is implementing task forces to tackle issues around campus like course scheduling and enrollment. Ishmael Tarikh, task force co-chair and political science instructor, is a member...

Academic Senate discusses new faculty, revised mandates on child abuse reporting

Dylan Newman, Staff Reporter | February 10, 2020

The Academic Senate discussed a plan put together by the College Council for new hiring for the upcoming year, which ranks departments in need of new faculty members. The list posted has eight new available...

Diversity needed in De Anza hiring process

Saman Mashayekhi, Staff Reporter | December 3, 2019

Social sciences and humanities division faculty members selected volunteers to create a dean’s hiring committee for reviewing the application and statements of the applicants that are applying to be...

Bookstore to undergo changes due to falling sales

Dylan Newman, Staff Reporter | December 3, 2019

Academic Senate President Karen Chow announced the De Anza College bookstore faced a net loss of $230,000 with an overall $800,000 down in sales at the Academic Senate meeting on Nov. 18. Chow said...

Academic Senate: Semester system for district, academic renewal, enrollment

Ethan Bennett, Managing Editor | October 15, 2019

Semesters at Foothill and De Anza colleges? It could happen. Karen Chow, Academic Senate president, presented a letter from vice chancellor Dorene Novotny and Kathy Perino, chief negotiator of the faculty...

Assembly bill 897 to increase part-time professor hours

Abhiram Rishi Prattipati, Staff Reporter | June 15, 2019

De Anza College’s Academic Senate debated a resolution to increase the maximum amount of hours a part-time professor can teach from 60-67% of a full-time professor’s hours to 80-85% at the March 11...

Shared governance meetings require DASB senator participation, guidance

Ella Shih, Staff Reporter | June 12, 2019

Acting DASB Vice President and president-elect Shelly Michael said DASB senators have a responsibility to attend shared governance meetings. At the May 13 academic senate meeting, Foothill-De Anza Student...

Admission policies revisited for young students, students facing expulsion

Mehek Kapur, Staff Reporter | May 28, 2019

The De Anza College academic senate discussed the possibility of allowing younger high school students to enroll and admitting students who have been expelled or are undergoing expulsion charges at the...

Student homelessness and food insecurity rates high in California community colleges

Yami Sun, Staff Reporter | April 30, 2019

Sarah Curcio, 22, biology major used to park and sleep in her car in front of her mother's house. Her financial aid can cover her tuition, but not parking permits and textbook fees. She is not currently...

New W grades for students who withdraw

Abhiram Rishi Prattipati and Maryam Golkar | February 21, 2019

If you are planning to drop a class because of an emergency or any other circumstance, a W grade can potentially help you out. The California Board of Governors passed the EW, or “Excused Withdrawal,”...