Editing California State University (section)

== Research and academics ==
[[File:2008-0817-SJSU-MLKlib.jpg|thumb|[[Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library]], at San José, is the largest library in the [[Western United States]].]]
The California State University (CSU) and most of its campuses are members of [[Association of Public and Land-grant Universities]] (APLU) and the [[American Association of State Colleges and Universities]] (AASCU).

The CSU is a founding and charter member of [[CENIC]], the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California, the nonprofit organization which provides extremely high-performance Internet-based networking to California's K–20 research and education community.[[File:Leo F. Cain Library (cropped2).jpg|thumb|right|Cain Library at Domínguez Hills.]]
The California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) mission is to develop a professional biotechnology workforce. CSUPERB provides grant funding, organizes an annual symposium, sponsors industry-responsive curriculum, and serves as a liaison for the CSU with government, philanthropic, educational, and biotechnology industry partners. The program involves students and faculty from Life, Physical, Computer and Clinical Science, Engineering, Agriculture, Math and Business departments at all 23 CSU campuses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calstate.edu/csuperb|title=California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) – CSU|work=calstate.edu}}</ref>

The Hospitality Management Education Initiative (HMEI) was formed in 2008 to address the shortage of hospitality leaders in California. HMEI is a collaboration between the 14 CSU campuses that have hospitality-related degrees and industry executives.<ref>{{cite web|title=CSU Degree Programs|url=http://calstate.edu/hospitality/explore/degrees/campus.shtml|publisher=Hospitality Management Education Initiative|access-date=18 July 2012|archive-date=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731152939/http://calstate.edu/hospitality/explore/degrees/campus.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> CSU awarded 95% of hospitality bachelor's degrees in the state in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Measuring the Value of CSU|url=http://www.calstate.edu/value/systemwide/|publisher=California State University|access-date=18 July 2012|archive-date=4 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804024036/http://www.calstate.edu/value/systemwide/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:Cal State San Marcos library (cropped).jpg|thumb|Kellogg Library at San Marcos.]]
[[ABET]] (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) is the recognized U.S. accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. The California State University has 18 colleges with ABET-accredited engineering programs (Pomona, San Luis Obispo, Maritime, Chico, Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Fresno, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Humboldt, San Diego, San Francisco, and San José).<ref>{{cite web |title=ABET-Accredited Program Search |url=http://main.abet.org/aps/Accreditedprogramsearch.aspx |website=ABET |access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref>