 The centers remain the major organized research units in the University of California system that focus on ethnic and racial communities and contribute to the system's research mission.The CSRC serves the entire campus and supports faculty and students in the social sciences, life sciences, humanities, and the professional schools.Its research addresses the past and also growing Chicano and Latino population, which now constitutes nearly one-third of California and one-half of Los Angeles, but continues to have disproportionately low access to higher education.