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38-700: Cal State Fullerton is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". It is also a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI) and is eligible to be designated as an Asian American Native American Pacific Islander serving institution (AANAPISI). CSUF athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the CSUF Titans . They compete in the Big West Conference . In 1957, Orange County State College became

76-751: A campus janitor with paranoid schizophrenia , shot nine people, killing seven, in the University Library (now the Pollak Library) on the Cal State Fullerton campus. At the time, it was the worst mass shooting in Orange County history. On October 13, 1984, Edward Cooperman, a physics professor, was shot and killed by his former student, Minh Van Lam, in McCarthy Hall. On August 19, 2019, Steven Shek Keung Chan,

114-476: A retired budget director working as a consultant in the international student affairs office, was found dead from multiple stab wounds in a campus parking lot. Chuyen Vo, a co-worker in the same office, was charged with murder. The university grew rapidly in the first decade of the 2000s. The Performing Arts Center was built in January 2006, and in the summer of 2008 the newly constructed Steven G. Mihaylo Hall and

152-775: Is based in the Downtown National Register District or Artists Village. The city of Santa Ana spent $ 7.5 million to purchase and refurbish what was the Grand Central Building, originally built in 1924. The project has won three architectural awards. The center's fiscal plan allows it to self-generate income to support basic day-to-day operations. The restaurant, classrooms and other designated areas are subleased to third-party operators. The apartments and studios are sub-leased to CSU Fullerton graduate students. Twenty-seven apartments are available for students who have been accepted into

190-558: Is officially operated by the California Desert Studies Consortium, a consortium of 7 CSU campuses: Fullerton , Cal Poly Pomona , Long Beach , San Bernardino , Northridge , Dominguez Hills and Los Angeles . Fall freshman statistics As of the fall 2013 semester, CSUF is the third most applied to CSU out of all 23 campuses receiving nearly 65,000 applications, including over 40,000 for incoming freshmen and nearly 23,000 transfer applications,

228-608: Is taught, 2) to whom, and 3) in what setting?" wrote Alexander McCormick, a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation and director of the classifications project. As of 2005, the Carnegie Foundation was developing one or more voluntary classification schemes that rely on data submitted by institutions. The first focuses on outreach and community engagement, and the second on "how institutions seek to analyze, understand, and improve undergraduate education." The Carnegie Foundation has no plans to issue printed editions of

266-432: Is the associate degree . High transfer Mixed transfer/career and technical Special Focus Institutions were classified "based on the concentration of degrees in a single field or set of related fields, at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Institutions were determined to have a special focus with concentrations of at least 80 percent of undergraduate and graduate degrees. In some cases this percentage criterion

304-940: The Carnegie Classification , is a framework for classifying colleges and universities in the United States. It was created in 1970 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching . It is managed by the American Council on Education . The framework primarily serves educational and research purposes, where it is often important to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions. The classification generally focuses on types of degrees awarded and related level of activity such as research. The classification includes all accredited , degree -granting colleges and universities in

342-742: The College Board . The number of institutions in each category is indicated in parentheses. Doctorate-granting universities are institutions that awarded at least 20 research/scholarly doctorates in the update year (the most recent being a minor update in 2021). Professional doctorates (D.D.S., J.D., M.D., Pharm.D., etc.) are not included in this count but were added as a separate criterion in 2018–19. The framework further classifies these universities by their level of research activity as measured by research expenditures, number of research doctorates awarded, number of research-focused faculty, and other factors. A detailed list of schools can be found in

380-684: The Indiana University School of Education in Bloomington, Indiana . The voluntary Classification on Community Engagement is managed by the Public Purpose Institute at Albion College . In March 2022, the universal and elective Carnegie classifications moved to the nonprofit American Council on Education in Washington, D.C. Information used in these classifications comes primarily from IPEDS and

418-479: The list of research universities in the United States . Master's colleges and universities are institutions that "awarded at least 50 master's degrees in 2013–14, but fewer than 20 doctorates." Baccalaureate colleges are institutions where " bachelor's degrees accounted for at least 10 percent of all undergraduate degrees and they awarded fewer than 50 master's degrees (2013–14-degree conferrals)." Associate's colleges are institutions whose highest degree

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456-517: The 12th state college in California to be authorized by the state legislature as a degree-granting institution. The following year, a site was designated for the campus to be established in northeast Fullerton. The property was purchased in 1959. The same year, William B. Langsdorf was appointed as founding president of the school. Classes began with 452 students in September 1959. The name of

494-549: The 2015 Classification update retains the same structure of six parallel classifications, initially adopted in 2005. The 2005 report substantially reworked the classification system, based on data from the 2002–2003 and 2003–2004 school years. In 2015, the Carnegie Foundation transferred responsibility for the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education to the Center for Postsecondary Research of

532-734: The Eastside Parking Structure, Clayes Performing Arts Center and the Kinesiology and Health Science Building. In August 2011, the university added a $ 143 million housing complex, which included five new residence halls, a convenience store and a 565-seat dining hall called the Gastronome. El Dorado Ranch serves as the university president's residence. The university opened a satellite campus in Irvine, California in 1989, approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of

570-968: The Fullerton community. The University Archives & Special Collections in the Pollak Library houses the Philip K. Dick papers and Frank Herbert papers as part of the Willis McNelly Science Fiction collection. Since 1993, the campus has added the College Park Building, Steven G. Mihaylo Hall, University Hall, the Titan Student Union, the Student Recreation Center, the Nutwood Parking Structure,

608-570: The State College Parking Structure, Dan Black Hall, Joseph A.W. Clayes III Performing Arts Center West, Phase III Housing, the Grand Central Art Center , and Pollak Library. In order to generate power for the university and become more sustainable, the campus installed solar panels on top of a number of buildings. The panels, which generate up to 7–8 percent of the electrical power used daily, are atop

646-1186: The Titan Dreamers Resource Center. The center was the first resource center for undocumented students in the CSU system. CSUF alumni include: an astronaut who, as of June 2024, is participating in her third trip to space; a speaker of the California Assembly ; other politicians and Academy Award-winning directors, actors, producers, and cinematographers; award-winning journalists, authors, and screenwriters; nationally recognized teachers; presidents and CEOs of leading corporations; international opera stars, musicians, and Broadway stars; professional athletes and Olympians; doctors, scientists and researchers; and social activists. Titan alumni number more than 210,000. An active alumni association keeps them connected through numerous networking and social events, and also sponsors nationwide chapters. Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education , or simply

684-566: The Titans' baseball team. Eighteen of the titles come from men's sports, 12 from women's. 12 team national championships in eight different sports. (1970, women's basketball (CIAW); 1971, 1972, 1974 men's gymnastics; 1971 cross country team; 1973 women's fencing; 1979, women's gymnastics; 1979, 1984, 1995, 2004 baseball; 1986 softball ). Their baseball team is a perennial national powerhouse with four national titles and dozens of players playing Major League Baseball. The CSUF Dance Team currently holds

722-593: The United States that are represented in the National Center for Education Statistics ' Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The Carnegie Classification was created by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education in 1970. The classification was first published in 1973 with updates in 1976, 1987, 1994, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2018 and 2021. To ensure continuity of the classification framework and to allow comparison across years,

760-736: The campus. After community opposition, the Fullerton planning commission indefinitely postponed any action on the project in February 2016. The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University located in Zzyzx, California in the Mojave Desert . The purpose of the center is to provide opportunities to conduct research, receive instruction and experience the Mojave Desert environment. It

798-418: The classifications. Their website has several tools that let researchers and administrators view classifications. The 2005 revision also introduced the "basic classification", an update of the original classification scheme that: CSUF Grand Central Art Center California State University, Fullerton Grand Central Art Center is a partnership between the university and the city of Santa Ana . and

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836-421: The doctorate are classified as having Postbaccalaureate graduate programs. These programs are classified by the fields in which the degrees are awarded. Institutions that offer doctoral degrees, including medical and veterinary degrees, are classified by the field in which they award degrees. The Enrollment Profile of institutions are classified according to (a) the level of the highest degree awarded and (b)

874-972: The most national titles at the school, with 15 national titles from UDA Division 1 Jazz; 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017; and one national title from UDAs in Division 1 Hip Hop. The Dance Team also holds multiple titles from United Spirit Association. CSUF holds the Ben Brown Invitational every track and field season. CSUF currently supports 21 club sports on top of its Division I varsity teams, which are archery , baseball , cycling , equestrian , grappling and jiu jitsu , ice hockey , men's lacrosse , women's lacrosse, nazara Bollywood dance, men's rugby , women's rugby, roller hockey , salsa team, men's soccer , women's soccer, table tennis , tennis , ultimate Frisbee , men's volleyball , women's volleyball, skiing , and wushu . Because of

912-589: The new Student Recreation Center opened. In fall 2008, the Performing Arts Center was renamed the Joseph A.W. Clayes III Performing Arts Center, in honor of a $ 5 million pledge made to the university by the trustees of the Joseph A.W. Clayes III Charitable Trust. Since 1963, the curriculum has expanded to include many graduate programs, including multiple doctorate degrees, as well as numerous credential and certificate programs. In 2021, president of

950-496: The number of full-time students to one-third the number of part-time students. Two-year colleges are classified using a different scale than four-year and higher institutions. Setting is based on the percentage of full-time undergraduates who live in institutionally-managed housing. Two-year institutions are not classified by setting. The 2005 classification scheme introduced a "set of multiple, parallel classifications" that are "organized around three central questions: 1) What

988-598: The original Fullerton location. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic , the satellite campus closed in July 2021. CSUF announced plans in May 2010 to buy the lot occupied by Hope International University , but this deal fell through. CSUF also announced plans in September 2010 to expand into the area south of Nutwood Avenue to construct a project called CollegeTown, which would integrate the surrounding residential areas and retail spaces into

1026-480: The percentage of students who transfer to the institution, and only applies to four-year or higher institutions. Size and Setting classifies institutions according to (a) size of their student body and (b) percentage of student who reside on campus. This does not apply to exclusively graduate and professional institutions and special-focus institutions. The size of institutions is based on their full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment. FTEs are calculated by adding

1064-520: The proportion of undergraduate and graduate programs (defined by their 4-digit CIP) that coexist. The Graduate Instructional Program classification indicates (a) if the institution awards just master's degrees or master's degrees and doctoral degrees, and (b) in what general categories they predominantly award graduate degrees. Institutions that do not award graduate degrees are not classified by this scheme. Institutions that offer graduate and professional programs (such as law schools) but do not award

1102-583: The proximity to Long Beach State , the schools are considered rivals. The rivalry is especially heated in baseball with the Long Beach State baseball team also having a competitive college baseball program. CSUF was the first college in Orange County to have a Greek system , with its first fraternity founded in 1960. The Daily Titan , the official student newspaper of the university, also started in 1960. Other official student media includes Titan Radio. On April 23, 2014, Cal State Fullerton opened

1140-551: The ratio of Arts and sciences and professional fields (as defined in the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP)) and (b) the coexistence of programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels (again using the CIP). The framework categorizes institutions based on the proportion of undergraduate majors in arts and sciences or professional fields, based on their two-digit CIP. The framework categorizes institutions based on

1178-489: The ratio of part-time to full-time students (degree seeking students in four-year institutions). Selectivity is classified according to the SAT and ACT scores of first-time first-year students. This classification only applies to four-year or higher institutions. As of the 2010 edition the criteria were as follows ( http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/methodology/ugrad_profile.php ) Transfer origin characterizes

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1216-405: The ratio of undergraduate to graduate students. The framework classifies institutions' Undergraduate Profile according to (a) the proportion of part-time undergraduate students to full-time students, (b) the institutions selectivity in admitting undergraduate students, and (c) the percentage of students who transfer into the university. The framework classifies Enrollment Status according to

1254-767: The school was changed to Orange State College in July 1962. In 1964, its name was changed to California State College at Fullerton . In June 1972, the final name change occurred and the school became California State University, Fullerton . The choice of the elephant as the university's mascot , dubbed Tuffy the Titan , dates to 1962, when the campus hosted "The First Intercollegiate Elephant Race in Human History." The May 11 event attracted 10,000 spectators, 15 pachyderm entrants, and worldwide news coverage. The campus has seen three significant instances of violence with people killed. On July 12, 1976, Edward Charles Allaway,

1292-547: The second highest in the CSU. USNWR departmental rankings CSUF participates in the NCAA Division I Big West Conference and MPSF. Cal State Fullerton Athletics boasts 31 national championships covering 11 sports and dating back to its first in 1967. There are 12 team national titles and 19 individual championships. The Titans became an NCAA Div. I program for the 1974-75 academic year and have since produced 11 (6 team and 5 individual) national titles, four of them by

1330-405: The south by Nutwood Avenue. Although established in the late 1950s, much of the initial construction on campus took place in the late 1960s, under the supervision of artist and architect Howard van Heuklyn, who gave the campus a striking, futuristic architecture (buildings like Pollak Library South, Titan Shops, Humanities, McCarthy Hall). This was in response to the numerous Googie buildings in

1368-549: The university Framroze Virjee acknowledged the university's location on the lands of the Tongva and Acjachemen and pledged for the university to be more committed toward partnering with Indigenous peoples . The campus is on the site of former citrus groves in northeast Fullerton. It is bordered on the east by the Orange Freeway (SR-57), on the west by State College Boulevard, on the north by Yorba Linda Boulevard, and on

1406-403: The university MA or MFA visual and performing arts programs. One of the residential apartments is reserved for the art center’s artist-in-residence program. In addition, an 800-square-foot (74 m ) private studio space is designated for the artist-in-residence. The Grand Central Gallery and Project Room feature exhibitions and projects by internationally noted artists. Four to six exhibitions

1444-514: Was relaxed if an institution identified a special focus on the College Board 's Annual Survey of Colleges, or if an institution's only accreditation was from a body related to the special focus categories". Two-year Four-year Tribal Colleges are institutions that belong to the American Indian Higher Education Consortium . The Undergraduate Instructional Program classification combines (a)

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