California State University
Motto:	Vox Veritas Vita (Latin, "Voice Truth Life"-Speak the truth as a way of life.)
Established:	1857
Type:	Public University System
Endowment:	US$746 million
Chancellor:	Charles B. Reed
Faculty:	44,000
Students:	414,000
Location:	Long Beach, California, USA
Campus:	23 campuses
Colors:	Red & White
Affiliations:	State of California, USA
Website:	CalState

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The California State University (CSU) is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College System. It is incorporated as The Trustees of the California State University. Image File history File links CALSTATE_SEAL.PNG‎ This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A financial endowment is a transfer of money or property donated to an institution, with the stipulation that it be invested, and the principal remain intact. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... Charles B. Reed is the Chancellor of the California State University system. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... For other uses, see Student (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Los Angeles County Government  - Mayor Bob Foster Area  - City  65. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... Image File history File links CSU.PNG‎ This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Image File history File links WPCF.svg‎ (All user names refer to en. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... Administered by The Chancellor’s Office located in Sacramento, the California Community Colleges system consists of 109 community colleges and 72 community college districts in California. ...

The CSU system is composed of 23 campuses and has over 414,000 students supported by 44,000 faculty members and staff.^[1] It is the largest university system in the United States.^[2]

CSU prepares about 60 percent of the teachers in the state, 40 percent of the engineering graduates, and more graduates in business, agriculture, communications, health, education and public administration than all other California universities and colleges combined. Altogether, about half the bachelor's degrees and a third of the master's degrees awarded annually in California are from the CSU. For university teachers, see professor. ... Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying scientific knowledge and utilizing natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, machines, devices, systems, and processes that realize a desired objective and meet specified criteria. ... In economics, a business (also called firm or enterprise) is a legally recognized organizational entity designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers or corporate entities such as governments, charities or other businesses. ... Communication studies is an academic discipline that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time. ... Public Administration can be broadly described as the development, implementation and study of government policy. ... A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ... A college (Latin collegium) can be the name of any group of colleagues; originally it meant a group of people living together under a common set of rules (con-, together + leg-, law). As a consequence members of colleges were originally styled fellow and still are in some places. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. ... A masters degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded after the completion of an academic program of one to six years in duration. ...

Since 1961 more than 2 million alumni have received a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree from the university system. CSU offers more than 1,800 degree programs in some 240-subject areas. Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ...

History

Today's California State University system is the direct descendant of the California State Normal School (now San José State University), a normal school established by the California Legislature on May 2, 1862. The California State Normal School was itself derived from the City of San Francisco's Minns Evening Normal School (founded in 1857) a normal school that educated San Francisco teachers in association with that city's high school system. The system now considers its founding date to be that of the Minns School. A second California State Normal School campus was created in Los Angeles in 1882. A lithograph of the second California State Normal School, San Jose building from the 1880s. ... San José State University, commonly shortened to San José State and SJSU, is the founding campus of what became the California State University system. ... A normal school or teachers college is an educational institution for training teachers. ... George Washington Minns (October 6, 1813 in Boston, Massachusetts - January 14, 1895 in Brookline, Massachusetts) was an American teacher, notable running the Minns Evening Normal School, which was established in San Francisco, California, in 1857 in order to train teachers for the citys public school system. ...

In 1887, the California legislature dropped the word "California" from the name of the San Jose and Los Angeles schools, renaming them "State Normal Schools." Later Chico (1887), San Diego (1897), and other schools became part of the State Normal School system. In 1919, the State Normal School at Los Angeles became the Southern Branch of the University of California (now the University of California, Los Angeles). In 1921, the State Normal Schools became the State Teachers Colleges. By this time most of the campuses started to become identified by their city names plus the word "state" (e.g, "San Jose State," "San Diego State," "San Francisco State"). The University of California, Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. ...

In 1935, the State Teachers Colleges became the California State Colleges and were administered by the California State Department of Education in Sacramento. The Donahoe Higher Education Act of 1960 gave the system greater autonomy from the State of California. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by Clark Kerr, during the administration of Gov. ...

The postwar period brought a great expansion in the number of colleges in the system. Campuses in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Long Beach were added between 1947 and 1949. Then seven more were authorized to be built between 1957 and 1960. Six more campuses joined the system after the establishment of the Donohoe Higher Education Act in 1960 bringing the total number to 23.

In 1972 the system became The California State University and Colleges, and all of the campuses were renamed with the words "California State University" in their names. At some of the older campuses, alumni successfully lobbied the California Legislature to revert the schools back to their pre-1972 names: San Jose State, San Diego State, San Francisco State, etc. In 1982, the CSU system dropped the word "colleges" from its name. Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

Today the campuses of the CSU include comprehensive and polytechnic universities and the only Maritime Academy in the western United States that receives aid from the federal Maritime Administration. The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ... // GOVERNMENTAL Institut des Sciences de la Mer et de lAménagement du Littoral (ISMAL) GOVERNMENTAL Institut Supérieur Maritime (ISM) - WMU Branch GOVERNMENTAL Escuela Nacional de Naútica Manuel Belgrano - WMU Branch GOVERNMENTAL Escuela Nacional de Pesca (National School of Fisheries) GOVERNMENTAL Escuela Nacional Fluvial GOVERNMENTAL Australian Maritime College... The Maritime Administration (MARAD) was established in 1950 and continues as an part of the United States Department of Transportation. ...

Governance

Office of the Chancellor in Long Beach

Responsibility for the California State University is vested in the 25 member Board of Trustees, whose members are appointed by the Governor of the State of California. There are 5 ex officio Trustees; the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the Assembly, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the CSU Chancellor. There are 4 special Trustees. The CSU Statewide Alumni Council appoints an Alumni Trustee. The Governor appoints a Faculty Trustee from nominees proposed by the Statewide Academic Senate. The Governor appoints two Student Trustees from nominees proposed by the California State Student Association. The Alumni and Faculty Trustees serve for two years. The Student Trustees serve staggered two-year terms. The sixteen remaining Trustees are appointed by the Governor, confirmed by the State Senate, and serve for eight years.^[3]. The Trustees appoint the Chancellor, who is the chief executive officer of the system, and the Presidents, who are the chief executive officers of their respective campuses. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Board of directors. ... For other uses, see Governor (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... Chief Executive redirects here. ... For other uses, see President (disambiguation). ...

The Academic Senate of the California State University, made up of elected representatives of the faculty from each campus, recommends academic policy to the Board of Trustees through the Chancellor.

Chancellors of the CSU

• Buell Gallagher (1961-1962)
• Glenn S. Dumke (1962-1982)
• W. Ann Reynolds (1982-1990)
• Ellis E. McCune [Acting] (1990-1991)
• Barry Munitz (1991-1998)
• Charles B. Reed (1998-current)

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Endowment

The California State University's permanent, collective endowment has grown to $746 million U.S. dollars as of the close of the 2005-2006 academic year. In addition, each of the 23 campuses of the CSU raise their own funds through donations and other external funding, and each campus controls its own separate endowment funds not counted in the above endowment amount. Link to CSU Endowment & Fundraising webpage

Faculty

During the fall 2004 semester the system employed 11,069 full-time faculty members. The vast majority, 68.3% were tenured or tenure tracked with 59.2% having tenure. Professors comprised 86.6% of faculty members with a plurality, 43.6% being full professors. Associate professors consitituted 18.6% and Assistant professors 24.4% of faculty members while 13.4% were instructors and lecutrers. The percentage of full professors declined 31.4% since fall of 1999, while that of assistant professors has risen 57.4%.^[4] The meaning of the word professor (Latin: [1]) varies. ...

The CSU system requires faculty to sign a loyalty oath dating from the Cold War. Some campuses (most recently CSU Fullerton) have refused to hire academics who have refused to sign one, although others have provided for accommodations such as signing statements. Quakers have been particular victims of this policy.^[5] For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...

Salary

Average salaries.^[4]

The average faculty salary was roughly $74,000 as of Spring 2007.^[6] As of April 2007, the faculty union and CSU have reached an agreement increasing faculty base salaries by 20.7%, boosting the average faculty salary from $74,000 to $91,000 by 2011. Salaries for full-professors will increase from $86,000 to $105,000.^[6] While this pay increase will provide a plurality of faculty members with six figure salaries, current CSU faculty salaries remain roughly 15% below the average for "comparable schools." Meanwhile salaries for all presidents have been raised above $300,000 in order to remain competitive with similar schools.^[7] As of Fall 2004 average salaries were as follows:

Enrollment

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Campuses

The CSU is composed of the following 23 campuses listed here by order of the year founded:

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Gallery

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Off Campus Branches

A handful of universities have off campus branches that make education accessible in a vast state. Unlike the typical university extension courses, they are degree-granting and students have the same status as other California State University students. The newest campus, the California State University, Channel Islands, was formerly an off campus branch of CSUN. Riverside and Contra Costa counties, which have 3 million residents between them, have lobbied for their off campus branches to be freestanding California State University campuses. Total enrollment for all branches in Fall 2005 is 9,163 students, the equivalent of 2.2% of systemwide enrollment. The following are schools and their respective off campus branches:

• California State University, Bakersfield
  • Antelope Valley (in Lancaster, California)
• California State University, Chico
  • Redding (affiliated with Shasta College)
• California State University, Fullerton
  • Irvine
  • Garden Grove
• California State University, East Bay
  • Concord
• California State University, Fresno
  • Lancaster
• California State University, San Bernardino
  • Palm Desert
• California State University, San Marcos
  • Southwest Riverside County
• San Diego State University
  • Imperial Valley (in Brawley, California and Calexico, California)
• San Francisco State University
  • Cañada College (in Redwood City, California)
  • Downtown Center (in San Francisco, California)
• California State University, Stanislaus
  • Stockton, California[1]
• Sonoma State University
  • Ukiah, California

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Laboratories and Observatories

Research facilities owned and operated by units of the CSU:

• Desert Studies Center (managed by California State University, Fullerton)
  • Research consortium and field site
  • official website
• Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (managed by San José State University)
  • Oceanographic laboratory
  • official website
• Mount Laguna Observatory (part of the Astronomy Department of San Diego State University)
  • Astronomical observatory
  • official website
• T.S. Golden Bear
  • The training ship of the California Maritime Academy

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Former Campuses

Former units and campuses of the CSU:

• Los Angeles State Normal School (aka State Normal School at Los Angeles) (founded 1882)
  • By state law, converted to UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) in 1919
• Santa Barbara State College (founded 1909)
  • By state law, converted to UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara) in 1944

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Differences between the CSU and UC systems

Both university systems are California publicly funded higher education institutions. Despite having fewer students, some individual UC campuses, as a result of their research emphasis and medical centers, have larger budgets than the entire CSU system. CSU's Chancellor, Dr Charles B Reed, pointed out when delivering his Pullias Lecture at USC, that California was big enough to afford two world-class systems of public higher education, one that supports research (UC) and one that supports teaching (CSU). However, student per capita spending is stretched far thinner at the CSU, and the lack of a research mission or independent doctoral programs under the California Master Plan leads to a perceived lack of prestige among some academics.^[12][13] State Librarian Emeritus Kevin Starr has described the CSU as "in so many ways the Rodney Dangerfield of public higher education."^[14] For the community in Florida, see University, Florida. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article is about the concept. ... Doctoral may refer to: Doctorate Doctor of Philosophy This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by Clark Kerr, during the administration of Gov. ... God as we know it. ... Rodney Dangerfield (November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), born Jacob Cohen, was an American comedian and actor, best known for the catchphrase I dont get no respect and his monologues on that theme. ...

According to the California Master Plan for Higher Education (1960), both university systems may confer Bachelors or Master's degrees as well as professional certifications, however only the University of California has the authority to issue Ph.D degrees (Doctor of Philosophy) and professional degrees in the fields of law, medicine, veterinary, and dentistry. As a result of recent legislation (SB 724), the California State University may now offer the Ed.D degree (also known as the Doctor of Education or "education doctorate degree") to its graduate students as well as certain types of professional doctorate degrees (for instance, audiology Au.D, etc.). Additionally, the California State University (CSU) offers Ph.D degrees as a "joint degree" in combination with other institutions of higher education, including "joint degrees" with the University of California (UC) and accredited private universities. This is why, for instance, San Diego State can qualify as a "Research University with high research activity" (Carnegie Foundation link) by offering 16 doctoral degrees. The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by Clark Kerr, during the administration of Gov. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about unmarried men; for the television show, see The Bachelor. ... A masters degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded after the completion of an academic program of one to six years in duration. ... Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph. ... For other uses, see Law (disambiguation). ... For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... Veterinary medicine is the application of medical diagnostic and therapeutic principles to companion, domestic, exotic, wildlife, and production animals. ... This article is about the dental profession. ... The Doctor of Education degree (Ed. ... The Doctor of Education degree (Ed. ... The Doctor of Education degree (Ed. ... Audiology is the branch of science that studies hearing, balance, and their disorders. ... Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ...

There are 23 CSU campuses and 10 UC campuses representing 414,000 and 191,000 students respectively. The cost of CSU tuition is approximately half that of UC. Thus, the CSU system has been referred to by former California State University authorities as "The People's University."^[15]

CSU and UC use the terms "president" and "chancellor" internally in exactly opposite ways: At CSU, the campuses are headed by "presidents" who report to a systemwide "chancellor"; but at UC, they are headed by "chancellors" who report to a systemwide "president".

CSU has traditionally been more accommodating to the older student than UC, by offering more degree programs in the evenings and, more recently, online. In addition, CSU schools, especially in more urban areas, have traditionally catered to the commuter, enrolling most of its students from the surrounding area. This has changed as CSU schools increase enrollment and some of the more prestigious urban campuses attract a wider demographic.^[16]

Admission standards

Historically the requirements for admission to the CSU have been less stringent than the UC system. The CSU attempts to accept applicants from the top one-third (1/3) of California high school graduates. In contrast, the UC attempts to accept the top 12.5%. In an effort to maintain a 60/40 ratio of upper division students to lower division students and to encourage students to attend a California community college first, both university systems give priority to California community college transfer students. A community college is a type of educational institution. ... Administered by The Chancellor’s Office located in Sacramento, the California Community Colleges system consists of 109 community colleges and 72 community college districts in California. ...

However, the following CSU campuses use higher standards than the basic admission standards because of the number of qualified students who apply to those campuses as first-time freshmen during the initial application filing period:^[17]

• Cal Poly
• Cal Poly Pomona
• Fullerton
• Long Beach
• San Diego

Impaction

An impacted campus or major is one which has more CSU-qualified students than capacity permits. As of 2006, Long Beach, San Diego, and Cal Poly are impacted for both freshmen and transfers, while Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, and Sonoma are impacted for freshmen. Thus, these campuses have higher admission standards than the CSU minimum. In addition, some programs at other campuses are similarly impacted. Despite this, CSU undergraduate admissions are quantitatively based and generally do not include items such as personal statements, SAT Subject Test scores, letters of recommendation, or portfolios. In addition, there is geographic preference given to those residing within the commute area of the school.^[18] Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Special admissions process for the California Maritime Academy

The California Maritime Academy uses a different admissions process from other CSU schools. Because of the nature of its programs, the California Maritime Academy requires all applicants to complete a physical examination prior to enrollment.^[19]

Campus Naming Conventions

The UC system follows a consistent style in the naming of campuses, using the words University of California followed by a comma and the name of its declared home city. Most CSU campuses follow a similar pattern, though several are named only for their home city, such as San José State University. A few schools follow neither pattern, in particular the California Maritime Academy (Cal Maritime) and California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), the only campuses whose official names do not reference their location in California. Some critics, including former California State University, Sacramento president Donald Gerth, have claimed that the weak CSU identity has contributed to the CSU's perceived lack of prestige when compared to UC.^[20]

Research and Academics

AAU and AASCU

The University of California and most of its campuses are members of the Association of American Universities (AAU), while the California State University (CSU) and several of its campuses (including San Diego and San Jose) are members of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... The Association of American Universities (AAU) is an organization of leading research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. ... San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. ... San Jose State University San José State University, commonly shortened to San Jose State and SJSU, is the oldest university in what became the California State University system. ... AASCU logo The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) is an organization of state-supported colleges and universities that offer degree programs leading to bachelors, masters or doctoral degrees. ...

CENIC

The CSU is a founding and charter member of CENIC, the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California, the nonprofit organization which provides extremely high-performance Internet-based networking to California's K-20 research and education community. CENIC logo The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1996 to provide high-performance, high-bandwidth networking services to California universities and research institutions. ...

NASULGC

The CSU is a member of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) is the oldest higher-education association within the US. External link NASULGC official web site Categories: Substubs ...

Statewide University Programs

Agricultural Research Initiative

• California State University Agricultural Research Initiative (ARI)

A comprehensive applied agricultural and environmental research program joining the CSU's four colleges of agriculture (at San Luis Obispo, Pomona, Chico and Fresno) and the state's agriculture and natural resources industries and allied business communities.

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Biotechnology

• California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology

Managed by the San Diego and Chico campuses, the California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) provides vision, leadership, and support for biotechnology education and research throughout the CSU to promote biotechnology in California. CSUPERB was created in 1987 and designed to channel CSU system-wide resources and catalyze interdisciplinary, inter-campus, synergistic endeavors involving Biology and Chemistry departments as well as Engineering, Agriculture and Computer Science. The interdisciplinary nature of biotechnology includes areas such as bioengineering; agricultural biotechnology; human pharmaceutical and health applications; environmental and natural resource biotechnology; molecular ecology; marine biotechnology; and bioinformatics and computational biology as they are applied to molecular questions. CSUPERB also recognizes basic research in the molecular and cellular life sciences as contributing to biotechnology, and serves as the official liaison between the CSU system and industry, government, the Congressional Biotechnology Caucus, and the public arena in all biotechnological matters.

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Nursing

• Statewide Nursing Program

Headquartered and administered at the Dominguez Hills campus, the CSU Statewide Nursing Program offers registered nurses courses available throughout California that lead to Bachelors' and Masters' of Science degree in Nursing (awarded by the closest participating CSU campus). See also California Postsecondary Education Committee (CPEC) Reports on CSU Statewide Nursing Program for more information.

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Pre-Doctoral Program

• California Pre-Doctoral Program

Designed to increase the pool of potential faculty by supporting the doctoral aspirations of California State University students who have experienced economic and educational disadvantages.

• Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP)

Provides financial and other assistance to individuals pursuing doctoral degrees. The program seeks to provide loans to doctoral students who are interested in applying and competing for California State University instructional faculty positions after completion of the doctoral degree.

Professional Science Master's Degree

The CSU intends to expand its post-graduate education focus to establish and encourage "Professional Science Master's Degree" programs. The programs will be established using the Sloan model (see link for further discussion). A masters degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded after the completion of an academic program of one to six years in duration. ... The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit institution in the United States, was established in 1934 by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. ...

• CSU Report of January 2005
• "Sloan model for Professional Science Master's Degree" programs

See also

• California Community Colleges
• California Master Plan for Higher Education
• California State Employees Association
• California State University Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association
• California State University Police Department
• Colleges and universities
• List of colleges and universities in California
• University of California

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External links

• California State University
• History of CSU
• California Faculty Association
• California State University Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association
• California State Student Association