Controversy
The campus serves a large number of international students who are attempting to earn associate's degrees as the basis for transferring into prestigious American universities; according to a Community College Week survey in 2001, Foothill had the 12th highest population of international students out of all community colleges in the United States.
The school was harshly criticized in 2002 by the Wall Street Journal for its aggressive recruitment of such students (who are a lucrative revenue source because they must pay the higher tuition required of all out-of-state students). It has been noted, though, that foreign students receive no tuition or fee subsidy from any public source; they pay the full and true cost of their education; they must have proof of full financial support and medical insurance prior to arriving on campus; and they can only enroll in programs that are not impacted and have enrollment slots that would otherwise go unfilled.
On 10 December 2001, Foothill College abruptly canceled its men basketball season after completing just six games. Questions arose over how housing and tuition for six foreign players were being paid by Tariq Abdul-Wahad, then with the NBA's Denver Nuggets and alumni of San Jose State University.
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