Cal State L.A. is top undergraduate origin
Los Angeles, CA --
Cal State L.A.
is among the
top 50
baccalaureate institutions in the nation
producing Hispanic doctorates in the fields of science and engineering, according to recent compilations in the
National Science Foundation on Women, Minorities, and Persons with
Disabilities in Science and Engineering (Jan. 2012).
Cal State L.A. is also one of only two public universities in Los
Angeles County to make the list. The
report
provides statistical information about the participation of women,
minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering
education and employment. The data is based on an Integrated
Postsecondary Education Data System Completions Survey administered from
2005-2009.
“This institutional achievement is the consequence of all the hard work
of the campus community—faculty, administrators and staff—who support
student efforts to pursue education to the Ph.D.,” said Carlos Gutiérrez,
professor of chemistry and director of the Minority Opportunities in
Research (MORE) Programs at Cal State L.A.
A total of 17 CSULA graduates, who were MORE participants, are beginning
doctorate programs this fall at such prestigious universities as
Princeton, Purdue, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCLA.
MORE Programs
are funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health’s National
Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Science Foundation,
and the American Chemical Society. All focus on preparing students for
success in graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. # # #
Working for California since 1947: The 175-acre hilltop campus of California State University, Los Angeles is at the heart of a major metropolitan city, just five miles from Los Angeles’ civic and cultural center. More than 20,000 students and 225,000 alumni—with a wide variety of interests, ages and backgrounds—reflect the city’s dynamic mix of populations. Six
Colleges offer nationally recognized science, arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education and humanities programs, among others, led by an award-winning faculty. Cal State L.A. is home to the critically-acclaimed Luckman Jazz Orchestra and to
the Honors College for high-achieving students.
Programs that provide exciting enrichment opportunities to students and community include an NEH-supported humanities center; a NASA-funded center for space research; and a growing forensic science program, housed in the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center. www.calstatela.edu
of Hispanic doctorate
recipients
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