Jump to content

Los Angeles Southwest College: Difference between revisions

Coordinates: 33°55′46″N 118°18′19″W / 33.929358°N 118.305395°W / 33.929358; -118.305395
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Logo Update
Line 1: Line 1:
{{more citations needed|date=March 2014}}
{{more citations needed|date=March 2014}}
[[File:LASC Official Logo 2020.png|thumb|293x293px|LASC Logo 2020]]
{{Infobox university
{{Infobox university
| name = Los Angeles Southwest College
| name = Los Angeles Southwest College
| native_name =
| native_name =
| latin_name =
| latin_name =
| image = LASC Official Logo 2020.png
| motto =
| motto =
| mottoeng =
| mottoeng =
| established = September 1967<ref name="LASC hist">{{cite web |url=http://www.lasc.edu/about_lasc/History_Of_LASC.html |title=History of LASC|publisher=LASC |access-date=2009-01-09}}</ref>
| established = September 1967<ref name="LASC hist">{{cite web |url=http://www.lasc.edu/about_lasc/History_Of_LASC.html |title=History of LASC|publisher=LASC |access-date=2009-01-09}}</ref>
| type = [[Community College]]
| type = [[Public college|Public]] [[community college]]
| affiliation =
| affiliation =
| endowment =
| endowment =
Line 19: Line 19:
| city = [[Los Angeles]]
| city = [[Los Angeles]]
| state = [[California]]
| state = [[California]]
| country = [[United States]]
| country = United States
| coor = {{coord|33.929358|-118.305395|display=inline,title}}
| coor = {{coord|33.929358|-118.305395|display=inline,title}}
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
Line 36: Line 36:
}}
}}


'''Los Angeles Southwest College''' ('''LASC''') is a public California [[community college|Community College]] in the [[unincorporated area]] of [[West Athens, California]] in the [[Los Angeles County]], near the city of [[Los Angeles]]. Its service area includes Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena, and Unincorporated Westmont and West Athens. It is part of the [[Los Angeles Community College District]].
'''Los Angeles Southwest College''' ('''LASC''') is a [[Public college|public]] [[community college]] in the [[unincorporated area]] of [[West Athens, California]] in [[Los Angeles County]], [[California]]. It is part of the [[Los Angeles Community College District]] and its service area includes Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena, Unincorporated Westmont, and West Athens.


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 07:04, 23 July 2021

Los Angeles Southwest College
File:LASC Official Logo 2020.png
TypePublic community college
EstablishedSeptember 1967[1]
PresidentDr. Seher Awan
Academic staff
300
Students8,200 (full-time)
Location
Los Angeles
,
California
,
United States

33°55′46″N 118°18′19″W / 33.929358°N 118.305395°W / 33.929358; -118.305395
CampusUrban
ColorsBlue and Gold
MascotCougars
Websitewww.lasc.edu

Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC) is a public community college in the unincorporated area of West Athens, California in Los Angeles County, California. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District and its service area includes Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena, Unincorporated Westmont, and West Athens.

History

Los Angeles Southwest College was established in 1967,[1] two years after the Watts Rebelllion, in response to complaints of both officials and citizens that not enough was being done to educate the area's mostly African American population. The college, located at the intersection of Western Avenue and Imperial Highway, is the only community college in South Central Los Angeles, serving an incredibly diverse service area.

LASC offers numerous academic programs and training in various workforce areas including technology-based occupations, coding, Amazon Cloud Computing, business, social justice, addiction studies, CNA, nursing, an award-winning social justice theater program, and more! You can find all of the Los Angeles Southwest Programs on the Program Mapper, an easy tool to show career pathways and courses to completion. LASC also provides FREE classes to the community including ESL, citizenship, construction pre-apprenticeship, homeless services, phlebotomy, and more!

Aerial view of LA Southwest College from the south, with the I-105 freeway in foreground and practice baseball fields.

LASC has secured over $500 million of bonds to complete its master facilities master plan by 2025. As a "green campus", LASC has a college-wide recycling program and will have the majority of its building meeting some level of LEED standard.

Notable alumni

Fall Demographics of student body [2]
Ethnic Breakdown 2018[3] 2017[4]
Hispanic and Latino American 46% 41%
African American 37% 46%
Asian American 1% 1%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0% 0%
White 2% 2%
Multiracial Americans 2% 2%
International students 1% 1%
Unknown 11% 6%
Female 69% 70%
Male 31% 30%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "History of LASC". LASC. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  2. ^ "2017 USNEWS: Los Angeles Southwest College Overview".
  3. ^ "2018 USNEWS: Los Angeles Southwest College Overview".
  4. ^ "2017 USNEWS: Los Angeles Southwest College Overview".

External links



Stub icon

This article on a California institution of higher education is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Los_Angeles_Southwest_College&oldid=1035027601"