California State University, Monterey Bay, in the California State University system, is located in the city of Seaside, California, on the Monterey Peninsula. It is located on the site of the former Fort Ord. Much of the school's curriculum stresses multicultural approaches to learning as opposed to the traditional based curriculum of many U.S. institutions of higher learning. In 2006 Dianne F. Harrison was elected from 3 candidates to be the new President of the University. Harrison was the vice president for academic quality and external programs at Florida State University before accepting the appointment at CSUMB.
California State University, Monterey Bay, or CSUMB, was founded September 25, 1994 with a student enrollment of 654 students. With the constant growth of the campus, the enrollment increased to 3551 in 2002. As of 2002, the campus was 60.8% female and 39.2% male. The ethnic background of the students was as follows: 45.8% White/Caucasian, 26% Latino/Hispanic/Chicano/Mexican American, 4% Black/African American, 3.9% Asian American, 2.2% Pacific Islander, 1% Native American, 3.4% other with 13.8% not stated. As of 2002, there were 334 faculty members: 128 fulltime faculty (43% tenured, 33.6% tenured-track, 18.7% fulltime lecturer) and 206 Part-time Lecturers. |
