California State University, Dominguez Hills' School of Nursing and its degree programs were recently ranked nationally by two publications. In the U.S. News & World Report 2015 Best College rankings, CSUDH School of Nursing's online Bachelor of Nursing program ranked 140th in the nation for online degree programs. U.S. News & World Report's methodology considers student engagement, faculty credentialing and training, and student services and technology. For more information on the rankings, visit here. The School also received the highest ranking in the West by NurseJournal.org, a social networking website for nurses and health care professionals, with an overall score of ... Read More
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CSUDH Professors Featured, Utilize NBC Learn’s Online Platform
California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) is the latest campus to contribute to the California State University (CSU) system's growing collection of informative and educational videos posted on NBC Learn's Campus Perspectives collection. Produced by the College of Extended and International Education's Mediated Instruction and Distance Learning division, CSUDH's video, "Dig It: Anthropology Students Search for History in the Soil," features Professor of Anthropology Jerry Moore and his students conducting archaeological field research at the nearby historic Dominguez Rancho Adobe in order to better understand daily life at the rancho during the 1800s and to search for evidence ... Read More
Time Magazine Lists CSU Dominguez Hills among Nation’s Top Universities for Accessibility, Affordability
California State University, Dominguez Hills is listed among the top colleges and universities in the country according to a Time Magazine ranking that is based on criteria the White House plans to use to assess how well institutions serve students. Placing the highest importance on graduation rates, tuition and the percentage of students who receive federal Pell Grants, CSU Dominguez Hills ranked 29th among 100 schools that topped the Time Magazine list. Update: Due to Time adding more colleges to their data set, CSU Dominguez Hills is now 33rd on the list “When you focus on what's right, like affordable access and quality education, community service and student success it's not ... Read More
VIDEO: Biologist Terry McGlynn Leads Study in Costa Rica On Bullet Ant Foraging Habits
Terry McGlynn, associate professor of biology, was in Costa Rica in January at the Organization for Tropical Studies' La Selva Biological Station as a visiting professor for its Introduction to Tropical Ecology, a four-week course in field for graduate students. During the month students, who came from universities through the U.S. and abroad, also learned how to use video to share their work. As part of the learning process they produced videos for an internal Student Film Festival. For National Geographic's Explorers Journal, a member of a two-man video production company who taught the students the basics of filming and editing wrote about the experience and the resulting videos the ... Read More
President Hagan to Meet with U.S. Secretary of Education
California State University President Willie J. Hagan has been selected to participate in a College Affordability Roundtable between U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and presidents and chancellors of universities and community colleges across the nation. The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is hosting the private meeting on Oct. 25 during its annual conference taking place in Chicago. The 13 leaders meeting with Duncan are all HACU members and from federally designated Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). They will be meeting with Duncan to discuss President Barack Obama's higher education agenda and how to achieve the president's goal to make college more ... Read More
