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A center, institute or bureau is an entity chartered by the President
of the University. Each has a designated purpose as indicated in the descriptions
below.
Asian and Asian American Institute
The purpose of the institute is to identify issues and coordinate activities
leading to the understanding and betterment of Asians and Asian Americans
at Cal State L.A. While functioning primarily as a campus resource and as
a bridge between the University and its surrounding communities, the institute
promotes and supports programs that encourage Asian and Asian American research.
It works closely with the Asian and Asian American Studies programs and
other ethnic studies programs on and off campus.
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Asian Pacific Business Institute
Housed in the School of Business and Economics at California State University,
Los Angeles, the Asian Pacific Business Institute aims to support and foster
cooperative relationships between the School of Business and Economics and
local business organizations. The growing importance of Asian economies
has been one of the most significant global economic developments since
the early 1980s. Increased economic interdependence between Asian countries
and the U.S. leads to a variety of problems and issues concerning international
business, but it also creates many opportunities. The Asian Pacific Business
Institute seeks to provide support for both the business community and the
University to identify, exploit, and benefit from those opportunities.
The institute serves a wide range of audiences by developing, organizing,
and promoting activities that can benefit students, faculty, and the business
community. Through its activities, the institute can help advance the University's
educational and public service missions, as well as contribute to economic
development in Los Angeles. In addition, its activities can promote understanding
and interactions among people from different parts of the world. The institute
provides a wide range of expertise, services and information that can benefit
students, faculty, and the business community. Examples include executive
training programs, business seminars, research, and exchange and internship
programs.
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Bilingual Center
The Charter School of Education operates a Bilingual Center that is housed
in the Division of Educational Foundations and Interdivisional Studies.
This center functions as the administrative unit for federal funds that
support the following bilingual activities:
- B.C.C. Short-Term Training.Classes in bilingual methodologies and the
history and culture of language minority children are provided for classroom
teachers preparing for the Bilingual Certificate of Competence exam. Classes
are offered on campus and at school sites in Los Angeles County.
- Distribution of Bilingual Materials.Under the title of Evaluation,
Dissemination, and Assessment Center, curriculum materials and texts are
produced and distributed for use in bilingual programs at every level from
kindergarten to university.
- Educational Personnel Training Program.Stipends are provided for nearly
one hundred bilingual students to pursue course work leading to the doctorate
in special education.
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Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public Affairs
The Edmund G. "Pat" Brown Institute of Public affairs, named after
former California Governor *Pat* Brown (1959-1967), is a nonpartisan center
for applied public policy research, community education, student internship
opportunity, and youth violence abatement. Located on the California State
University, Los Angeles campus since 1987, the *Pat* Brown Institute has
developed a series of distinguished programs to carry out the urban mission
of the University and create more inclusive and empowered urban communities
in Southern California. They include the Applied Public Policy Research
& Urban Scholars Program; Community/University Conference and Forum Program;
PBI Publications Program (featuring the prestigious Journal of California
Politics and Policy); Youth Violence Abatement Program; Public Service Internships
and Fellows Program and Distinguished Speaker Program. The institute also
holds an Annual Public Service Awards Dinner. In these efforts, the institute
works in collaboration with and on behalf of various community partners
and constituencies including underserved communities and community organizations,
K-12 schools, colleges and universities, state/local elected officials,
public agencies, corporations, organized labor, and foundations.
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Bureau of Business and Economic Research
The School of Business and Economics maintains a research bureau to encourage,
facilitate, and communicate faculty and student research. The bureau's primary
objective is to relay information about research opportunities and ongoing
research efforts to faculty members and students. In addition, it assists
in the preparation of research proposals, coordinates research efforts,
and provides research advising services for M.S. and M.B.A. degree candidates.
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Center for Counselor Renewal
The center is designed to meet a specialized function of the Charter School
of Education's Division of Administration and Counseling that of continued
professional and personal development of division alumni and other counseling
practitioners. The center presents conferences, workshops, and symposia,
and provides professional materials to aid counselors' continuing efforts
to renew skills, update technical information, address the needs caused
by the rapidly changing demographic composition of communities, and maintain
current knowledge of recent developments in the profession.
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Institute for Criminal Justice Studies
The institute was established by the School of Health and Human Services
to provide a vehicle to link the interdisciplinary fields vate) and agencies.
The institute addresses the crosscultural needs and complexities of a modern
urban society with shifting demands. Its goals and objectives include improving
the quality of criminal justice education and research; developing effective
strategies for recruitment, retention, and placement of undergraduate and
graduate students; and providing collaboration on interdisciplinary or discipline-specific
activities directed at grant development and research-related criminal justice
education and practice. The institute annually conducts The Institute
for Youth Services-Management, an intensive educational and training
course for police officers, juvenile officers, and youth services workers
in Los Angeles County. The Center for the Study of Black on Black
Crime is housed in the Institute for Criminal Justice Studies. Its
purpose is to encourage research and community and agency involvement in
the prevention of disproportionate crime in the African American community.
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Center for Economic Education
Administered by the School of Business and Economics, the center is affiliated
with the Economic Literacy Council of California and the national Joint
Council on Economic Education and sponsors workshops about economics for
high school teachers.Included within the center is a library of reference
and teaching materials (including video tapes) for economics teachers.
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Center for Effective Teaching and Learning
The center was founded to enhance the quality of instruction at Cal State
L.A. To achieve this purpose, the Center's goals - to highlight faculty
instructional efforts and strengths, to provide workshops and individual
consultation for faculty members, and to provide a depository of resources
including effective teaching materials and media - are accomplished in several
ways. Faculty share their expertise by means of media productions as well
as involvement in a wide variety of workshops and seminars. The center's
newsletter, Instructionally Speaking, which contains information relevant
to the improvement of instruction and assessment, is distributed campuswide.
The center offers a confidential individual consultation service which may
involve a single conference or a series of class observations or video tapes
with collaborative instructional planning. Consultation also may include
a problem-solving format in which departments or groups have identified
specific instructional areas of concern. Solutions are then generated through
a cooperative process. Individual self-paced instructional packets are available
for faculty use.
Its Faculty Instructional Technology Support Center provides training
for faculty in the use of computers, the Internet, and multimedia modes
of instruction both in the classroom and via distance learning. In addition,
it provides support services for the development of instructional materials,
and serves as a clearinghouse and coordinator for faculty computer training
across the campus.
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Center for Excellence in Early Intervention
Housed in the Division of Special Education, the center was founded to create
a model program for training early intervention professionals. Its objectives
include developing, demonstrating, and evaluating the best practices in
early intervention service delivery to young children with special needs
and their families; providing early intervention training to professionals,
paraprofessionals, and parents; developing and evaluating early intervention
training and service delivery materials for dissemination to special educators,
child development specialists, speech clinicians, allied health professionals,
social workers, psychologists, physicians, and parents; and developing and
operating a media and material library about early intervention.
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Center for Information Resource Management
Operated by the School of Business and Economics, the center provides assistance
to students, faculty, industry, and government through research, training,
and consulting programs. An internship program with local governmental and
private organizations provides practical learning experiences for students
pursuing degrees in computer-related disciplines.In the past ten years,
more than 300 interns have been placed in professional positions.The center
also sponsors research in the implementation and use of information systems.
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Center for Japanese Studies
The center serves Cal State L.A. and the community as a source to aid faculty,
students, and the general public in broadening and deepening their knowledge
of Japan, its people, and culture. The center promotes Japanese research
and academic studies and supports educational and cultural programs, seminars,
guest lectures, and conferences. The office maintains a collection of basic
bibliographies and essential reference materials.
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Center for Korean-American and Korean Studies
The center is a depository of historical and cultural materials about Korea
and Korean-Americans. Major objectives of the center are to promote, coordinate,
and conduct research activities about various aspects of Korean culture
and tradition, including oral histories; to compile, document, and produce
curriculum materials about Korean folklore, art, music, and social activities;
to develop continuing education programs about the Korean community's activities
and programs for students, teachers, and the general public; to develop
and produce curriculum materials and courses about Korean-American and Korean
culture, tradition, and life; and to sponsor seminars, symposia, and exhibits
about Korean culture and tradition.
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Center for Minority Youth Employment Studies
The center conducts and coordinates research activities that further the
interests of the community and that strengthen the campus commitment to
the community. A second objective is to direct and promote research into
the sources of barriers to employment for minority and disadvantaged youth.A
third objective is to develop, publicize and promote programs to improve
employment opportunities for minority and disadvantaged youth.This includes
publishing studies and organizing seminars and workshops.Another objective
is to foster career opportunities for our diverse student body. The center
also provides information on local labor market conditions.
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Center for Multicultural Education
The center's specific goals and objectives are to provide in-service training
for faculty and staff, and pre-service training to students about issues
related to cultural pluralism, diversity, and multicultural education. The
center can also provide assistance to faculty seeking a greater degree of
infusion of multiculturalism into their curriculum. The center provides
technical assistance to school districts, and offers a Saturday morning
field experience for Cal State L.A. students who tutor students from the
community who are at educational risk.
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Center for Newly Independent States Studies
The center's objective is to provide information and consulting to help
the transition of Newly Independent States toward individual market enterprise
and a market economy.It has two components:Electronic Distance Education,and
Business Information Services.
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Center for Technology Education
Operated by the Department of Technology, School of Engineering and Technology,
the center provides support and assistance for students, faculty, teachers,
public agencies, business, and industry, including professional support
and consulting, in-service activities, conferences and workshops, and disseminates
professional information through an electronic bulletin communications network.
Professional services offered in technology education and technical training
include course, curriculum, and program development in advanced technologies
such as robotics, computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing
(CAM), desktop publishing, and fluid power. Assistance in problem-solving
for teachers of students with special needs also is provided.
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Child Abuse and Family Violence Institute
The institute's purpose is to promote effective prevention of, and intervention
in, child abuse and domestic violence by providing interdisciplinary educational
training and policy development programs, and state-of-the-art resources
for students, professionals, and the community. The institute promotes interdisciplinary
cooperation between the University and community agencies by identifying
the University as a focal point and resource within the community, county
and state, and internationally to provide professional education and research
in child abuse and domestic violence. A broad scope of interdisciplinary
educational training, research, and field placement opportunities and programs
is available to prepare individuals to provide effective multidisciplinary
health and human services to maltreated children and their families.
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Chinese Studies Center
The center endeavors to promote understanding of, and interest in, China
by sponsoring conferences seminars, guest lectures, exhibits, concerts,
and other Chinese cultural activities. It maintains a small library of basic
reference materials about China. These materials are available to faculty,
staff, and students. The center also serves the Chinese communities in Los
Angeles and assists Cal State L.A. students of Chinese descent, and helps
promote research and teaching in Chinese studies.
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Engineering and Technology Center for Research
The center was established to foster and encourage research and other professional
activities. A primary purpose of the center is to administer the Design
Clinic Program. Design Clinic participants solve "real world"
research problems for industry sponsors. Clinics are conducted as a "capstone"
design experience for engineering students under faculty supervision.
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Health Care Management Institute
This institute, housed in the School of Business and Economics, was established
as a liaison between health care managers and executives and Cal State L.A.
faculty and students.Its goals include increasing community awareness about
the University and its Master's degree program in Health Care Management,
developing a series of specialized certificate programs, and becoming a
focal point for faculty research and publications in the health care management
area.
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Institute of Entrepreneurship
This institute, operated by the School of Business and Economics, provides
programs and seminars and conducts research for small businesses in the
product and service sectors. The programs, seminars, and courses are designed
to provide the necessary training individuals need to succeed in small businesses.
Research is conducted to provide insight into potential problems of small
businesses and to suggest solutions. Publications for entrepreneurs are
made available. The institute functions as a clearing house for information
relative to small businesses.Other institute activities include assistance
in advising students enrolled in the Entrepreneurship option of the B.S.
degree in Business Administration and making available an information bank
to both students and professionals.
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Institute of Nursing
The institute's primary purpose is to provide a vehicle for closer collaboration
between the University and community agencies that provide health care.
The institute emphasizes development of joint ventures and/or partnerships
that lead to cost-benefit modes of health care delivery to a culturally
diverse society.
The institute's primary goals are to improve the quality of nursing education,
to develop effective strategies for recruitment and retention of nursing
students, to help meet the staffing needs of nursing services, to improve
the quality of nursing practice, and to facilitate collaboration in the
areas of research, teaching, and grant writing.
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Institute for Retail Management
The goals of this School of Business and Economics institute are to enhance
the field of retailing as a profession and to improve the quality of managerial
expertise within the retail industry in California. To achieve these objectives,
the institute participated in the development of the Retailing option in
the B.S. degree in Business Administration and a credit certificate program
in Retail Professional Development.The institute serves as a vehicle for
publication of research findings in the area of retailing and assists qualified
students in retail job placement.
The institute is an integral part of the Youth Opportunities Unlimited
(YOU) Retail Management Apprenticeship Program of Los Angeles and works
closely with its participating students.Founded in 1991 with one high school,
this program has grown to encompass five inner-city Los Angeles high schools
and has become a national model.Support from the retail industry enabled
the institute to award scholarships to YOU participants as well as Cal State
L.A. marketing and retailing students.
The institute was also responsible for launching a joint program with
the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Unified School District, retail
businesses, and the U.S. Department of Labor to train and place inner-city
youth in jobs with major retailers.The focus of the program is to ensure
employment for high school juniors and seniors and encourage them to enroll
in two or four-year colleges.It is considered one of the nation's leading
job-creating and training programs for inner-city youth.
The institute works closely with the University's Career Planning and
Placement Center to significantly increase the number of retail recruiters
who conduct on-campus employment interviews.
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Pacific Contemporary Music Center (PCMC)
The purpose of the PCMC, which is administered by the School of Arts and
Letters, is to encourage the performance and promote the awareness of contemporary
musical compositions by composers of the Pacific Rim countries.
The center sponsors contemporary music festivals and encourages other
countries, universities, and organizations to join in sponsoring such festivals
to present the members' compositions, encourages the mass media in participating
countries to broadcast the members' music by providing copies of sound recordings;
maintains a library of members' published and unpublished scores, sound
recordings, performance documentation, and biographies; sends scores anywhere
in the world for a period no longer than one month; publishes an annual
catalog of the library holdings; sponsors and encourages contemporary seminars;
and encourages research.
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Pacific Rim Institute
A consortium created by Cal State L.A. and a group of Asian and U.S. firms
to increase exchanges and improve communication and understanding between
their corporate cultures, the institute seeks to provide managers in both
U.S. and Pacific Asian business communities the knowledge and skills needed
for managing the challenge of cultural differences. It also endeavors to
increase their effectiveness in working together in each other's environment.
These goals are accomplished through the presentation of seminars, forums,
and briefings.
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Productivity Center
The purpose of the School of Business and Economics' Productivity Center
is to conduct and coordinate research activities that deal with various
issues of productivity improvement and measurement; to act as an information
center and catalyst for local governmental organizations and manufacturing
and service firms, with an emphasis on helping those institutes become effective
and efficient in producing products and providing services; and to promote
the expansion of career opportunities for Cal State L.A. students in general,
and those studying operations management in particular.The center compiles
business and economic data for forecasting economic conditions in various
industries.In addition, the center coordinates research activities that
deal with issues of productivity improvement and measurement.It acts as
an electronic information center for local governments, manufacturing enterprises,
and service firms.The center promotes expansion of career opportunities
for students and alumni in the business community and has trained students
who are now active in various Bulletin Board Systems.
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Edward R. Roybal Institute for Applied Gerontology
The institute's purpose is to improve the quality of care and delivery of
services to older persons through the interdisciplinary education and training
of professionals, paraprofessionals, family members, community agency personnel,
and volunteers. Of special interest are services to poor and older ethnic
minority persons such as Asians, African-Americans, and Latinos. The institute
emphasizes the development of partnerships between the University and the
community that promote the well-being of older persons and improve service
delivery. An additional goal is to seek financial support in the form of
scholarships for students planning to enter health and human service careers
with a specialization in aging.
The Roybal Institute offers a multidisciplinary program to earn a certificate
in Applied Gerontology designed to assist individuals interested in increasing
their knowledge, understanding, skills, and effectiveness with older populations,
especially the multiethnic and multiracial elderly. The program is designed
not only for individuals interested in careers in gerontology but also those
who are seeking a career change and those already in the field seeking to
enhance their opportunities for advancement.
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Small Business Institute
The institute, housed within the School of Business and Economics, is part
of a national grant program of the U.S. Small Business Administration that
involves contracting with universities across the country to consult with
small businesses.The program allows a business to get help without cost
and on a confidential basis, for analysis and assistance with any aspect
of its operation.At Cal State L.A., the work is conducted by upper-division
undergraduate and graduate students supervised by faculty from various business
disciplines within the school.
The institute has completed more than 500 cases and sometimes finishes
more than twice as many cases as any of the 15 other Southern California
colleges and universities in the program.In the past ten years, approximately
1,500 students and 50 faculty members have worked on SBI consulting cases.As
a testament to the quality of its work, the institute has received numerous
district, regional, and national awards from the Small Business Administration
for excellence in consulting.
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Roger Wagner Center for Choral Studies
The center was established to rekindle an interest in choral music and to
reintegrate choirs into the world of entertainment. The center provides
a structure within which teachers, scholars, and performing artists can
teach choral music; explore and encourage composition of new repertoire;
foster research and scholarly publication of emerging topics pertinent to
choral study; and establish a special collection of recordings, personal
letters, publications, and photographs that span the career of its founder,
the late Dr. Roger Wagner.
The center's activities include cosponsorship of an international conference
on Gregorian chant, presentation of a collection of scholarly articles,
and choral composition content courses.
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World Trade Education Center
The World Trade Education Center in the School of Business and Economics
helps the business community, scholars, and students understand new trends
in world trade and operate more effectively in a rapidly changing, increasingly
competitive international environment.The center provides assistance by
promoting greater understanding of economic and political issues that affect
world trade;by providing economic, political, cultural, and strategic analysis
and assessments as a basis for policy decisions about world trade; and by
assembling and disseminating information about international trade, foreign
investment, foreign market conditions, and related statistics.Other center
activities involve offering seminars to international business executives
and administering a credit certificate program in International Business
that is offered through the campus' Office of Continuing Education.In addition,
the center promotes research in international business and a faculty exchange
with universities abroad.
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California Desert Studies Consortium
The California Desert Studies Consortium consists of seven Southern California
campuses of The California State University which, together with the National
Park Service, operate the Desert Studies Center in the Mojave Desert near
Baker, California. Participating campuses include Dominguez Hills, Fullerton,
Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Pomona, and San Bernardino. The purpose
of the center is to provide a field facility in the Mojave Desert to develop
desert studies educational programs.
Established in 1976, the center serves students in the areas of anthropology,
astronomy, biology, engineering, geography, and geology and provides a substantial
support base for environmental and ecological studies that have immediate
implications for effective management of desert resources. The central location
allows accessibility to all parts of the desert region. Lodging and laboratory/storage
space are offered in support of field-oriented courses. The center also
provides a site for independent study courses and research of desert phenomena
by individual students.
The Desert Studies Consortium is administered by the CSU Fullerton campus.
Cal State L.A.'s representatives to the consortium are Dr. Alan Muchlinski,
Professor of Biology and Chair of Biology and Microbiology, and Dr. David
L. Soltz, Dean of the School of Naturaland Social Sciences and Professor
of Biology. Students who wish more information should contact Dr. Muchlinski
at (323) 343-2050 or Dr. Soltz at (323) 343-2000.
Southern California Ocean Studies Institute (SCOSI)
Opportunities for undergraduate and graduate study in the coastal environment
are provided by the Southern California Ocean Studies Institute (SCOSI)
which comprises six Southern California State University campuses: Dominguez
Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, and Pomona. The SCOSI
is administered by the Long Beach campus. The SCOSI operates out of the
docks and laboratory facilities of the Southern California Marine Institute,
Fish Harbor, Terminal Island.
The SCOSI participates in training managers and scientists and educating
the general public by coordinating and facilitating marine educational and
research activities. In addition, the institute serves as an educational
and research liaison among regions, states, and nations.
Seagoing research laboratory and instructional facilities are provided
aboard the R. V. Yellowfin, an oceangoing research vessel. The Yellowfin
is the property of the institute, and its use is scheduled through the office
of the institute director.
Several courses within the departments of Biology and Microbiology, Geological
Sciences, and Psychology and the School of Engineering and Technology, among
others, utilize the Yellowfin and other Consortium facilities. These courses
are announced in the Schedule of Classes each quarter.
Cal State L.A.'s representatives to the consortium are Dr. David Soltz,
Dean, School of Natural and Social Sciences, and Dr. Carlos Robles, Professor
of Biology. For additional information, contact Dr. Soltz at (323) 343-2000
or Dr. Robles at (323) 343-2050.
Field Station in Mexico
A field station for study and research in regional history, anthropology,
and geography is operated in Mexico during selected quarters by the departments
of Anthropology, Geography and Urban Analysis, and History, and the Latin
American Studies program. Upper division and graduate students with appropriate
background for the work proposed and with adequate competence in Spanish
may participate. Students take a full course load for residence credit and
pay residence fees plus their own expenses. Further information may be obtained
from the Chair of the Department of Geography and Urban Analysis, (323)
343-2220.
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