President's Office
Foothill College Student Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
A Foothill student will be able to:
Think Critically
Students demonstrate the ability to think critically across disciplines and address complex societal issues using logical reasoning
The student will be adept at applying quantitative, logical, and social reasoning, and cultivating information and scientific literacy. A student will be able to demonstrate the ability to question and practice self-evaluation and reflection. A student will use reflective and innovative thinking to make informed decisions, solve problems, and communicate effectively.
Measurable Outcomes
- Identify credible sources and distinguish between evidence-based information and misinformation.
- Analyze multiple perspectives on a contemporary issue using logical and social reasoning.
- Evaluate arguments for validity, bias, and relevance using discipline-specific frameworks.
- Apply scientific, quantitative, and/or informational literacy skills to solve a real-world problem.
Thrive in the Global Workforce
Students develop the skills to adapt, collaborate, and lead in a diverse and evolving global workforce.
The student will have a skill set that incorporates leadership, agency, and the ability to successfully collaborate with a diverse group, supported by digital, quantitative, and communication literacy. This skill set includes building confidence, emotional intelligence, empathy, cultural and emotional agility, and a sense of global responsibility—all of which are essential for success in professional and intercultural contexts.
Measurable Outcomes
- Demonstrate effective communication in diverse professional or intercultural settings.
- Collaborate on team-based projects by practicing negotiation, leadership, empathy, and shared responsibility.
- Apply quantitative reasoning, digital tools and information literacy to complete a professional task or solve a workforce-related problem.
Engage in a Life of Inquiry
Students cultivate a lifelong commitment to learning, civic engagement, and participation in diverse communities.
The student develops a strong sense of place in community, embracing authenticity and vulnerability and advocating for equity through creative, curious, and aware engagement with the world around them. After completing their education at Foothill, students will continue to engage with the evolving professional, cultural, and political landscape by seeking out formal and informal opportunities for growth.
Measurable Outcomes
- Examine how cultural, social, or systemic factors and personal values, experiences and biases influence community issues and civic participation.
- Discuss community dilemmas with evidence-based reasoning and authentic communication.
- Seek out formal and informal opportunities that support ongoing learning surrounding evolving professional, cultural, and political environments.
Act with Integrity
Students cultivate strategies for engaging with complexity, feedback, and challenges in ways that center ethical decision-making, and the ability to act with integrity and empathy in diverse contexts and communities.
Students will deepen their understanding of themselves and how they interact with others, building confidence, resilience, and a sense of purpose. They will learn to navigate challenges in ways that honor differing identities and values in their community. They will build strategies for engaging with complexity, feedback, and difficulty that align with their own needs and capacities while recognizing how their actions affect their community. This growth fosters greater self-reliance, agency, and the courage to engage authentically and responsibly in a complex and evolving world.
Measurable Outcomes
- Demonstrate the ability to reflect on and apply personal strategies for engaging with feedback or navigating challenges.
- Articulate ethical principles and personal values that guide decision-making in a variety of settings.
- Reflect on personal resilience, self-reliance, and ongoing personal development in relation to career and personal decisions.
Foundational Campus Conversations (2022–2024)
The Foothill College ILO Workgroup undertook extensive campuswide conversations between 2022 and 2024 with a diverse group of stakeholders from our community.
- Through these conversations, they determined that Foothill College ILOs are not just about learning content but about developing skills and attributes.
- ILOs encompass an approach toward interacting with the world beyond our campus and are interdisciplinary.
- In addition, our ILOs should reflect student’s lived experiences and address the whole person.
The workgroup assembled a list that reflect the skills and attributes that our campus community would like for a Foothill graduate to embody and reported out at the March 4, 2024 Academic Senate meeting.
- The following ILOs reflect these skills and attributes in a variety of ways and provide measurable outcomes that the college can apply to gather data to reflect on.
- Each of these ILOs will be achieved by the student after a sustained engagement with Foothill College.
- The ILOs will be developed throughout the student’s course of study through their persistent engagement across the college.
Campuswide Feedback on Draft ILOs (Spring 2025)
In Spring 2025, the SLO coordinator and SLO committee built on the foundational work of the previous ILO workgroup.
- The new SLO committee created four Institutional Learning Outcomes that reflect these skills and attributes and aligned with Foothill’s new mission.
- Throughout Spring 2025, these ILOs were reviewed, refined, and approved by the Academic and Classified Senates and ASFC.
- The ILOs were then reviewed, refined, and approved by MIPC on June 20, 2025.
Reference
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Updated 06.06.2025
College Mission Statement
Embracing inclusivity and building strong communities, Foothill College serves diverse learners and equips its students with critical thinking skills to address complex societal challenges, to thrive in the global workforce, and to engage in a life of inquiry.
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Email Kelaiah Hill at hillkelaiah@fhda.edu.
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