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Los Angeles Southwest College

Coordinates:33°55′46″N118°18′19″W / 33.929358°N 118.305395°W /33.929358; -118.305395
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Los Angeles Southwest College
Type Publiccommunity college
Established September 1967[1]
President Dr. Seher Awan
Academic staff
300
Administrative staff
125
Students 8,200 (full-time)
Location
West Athens
( Los Angelespostal address)
,
California
,
United States

33°55′46″N118°18′19″W / 33.929358°N 118.305395°W /33.929358; -118.305395
Campus Urban
Colors Blue and Gold
Mascot Cougars
Website www.lasc.edu

Los Angeles Southwest College(LASC) is apubliccommunity collegein theunincorporated areaofWest Athens, CaliforniainLos Angeles County,California.[2]It is part of theLos Angeles Community College Districtand its service area includes Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena, Unincorporated Westmont, and West Athens.

History

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Los Angeles Southwest College was established in 1967,[1]two years after theWatts riots, 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 ofWestern AvenueandImperial Highway, is the only community college inSouth Central Los Angeles.

Aerial view of LA Southwest College from the south, with the I-105 freewayin 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

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Student body composition as of 2022
Race and ethnicity[3] Total
Hispanic 50% 50
Black 35% 35
White 5% 5
Unknown 4% 4
Asian 3% 3
Two or more races[a] 3% 3
Foreign national 0%
Gender Distribution
Male 29% 29
Female 71% 71
Age Distribution
Under 18 15% 15
18-24 38% 38
25-64 46% 46

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Other consists ofMultiracial Americans& those who prefer to not say.

References

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  1. ^ab"History of LASC". LASC. RetrievedJanuary 9,2009.
  2. ^"2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: West Athens CDP, CA"(PDF).U.S. Census Bureau. RetrievedNovember 19,2023.
    Compare to:"Home". Los Angeles Southwest College. RetrievedNovember 19,2023.LA Southwest College 1600 West Imperial Highway Los Angeles, CA 90047
    Despite the "Los Angeles, CA" postal address, it is not in the city of Los Angeles.
    Note:Note that the City of Houston had stated:"The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."
  3. ^"Student Life (Fall 2022): Los Angeles Southwest College".USNEWS. RetrievedMay 8,2023.
  4. ^"He left the slums of Iran as a teen. Now he runs one of America's biggest toy companies".CNN. November 21, 2018.
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