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assistants, associates and scientists and post-doctoraland special fellows. The number of full-timeteaching faculty is over 135.18StudentsIn 2006, 77 percent of Polytechnic freshmen hadan average grade of B or better. More than 94percent of Polytechnic’s full-time undergraduatestudents receive financial aid.Of Polytechnic’s undergraduate students,11 percent are African-American, 12 percentare Hispanic, 30 percent are Asian, 20 percentare women and 10.5 percent are internationalstudents. Of the University’s graduate students,4 percent are African-American, 2 percent areHispanic, 10 percent are Asian, 24 percent arewomen and 43 percent are international students.International students come from more than 50foreign countries.Accreditation and RankingsPolytechnic is accredited by the Middle States Association.Engineering and computer science programsare accredited by the Engineering AccreditationCommission and the Computing AccreditationCommission of the Accreditation Board of Engineeringand Technology. The chemistry program isapproved by the American Chemical Society. TheUniversity is nationally ranked No. 6 in economicdiversity and No. 4 in ethnic diversity among allnational research universities.Career ServicesThe Office of Career Services promotes a developmentalapproach towards helping students finda self-actualizing career direction—one in whichindividuals find success and fulfillment. Ouroffice shares a vested interest in our students’successful career search and teaches students totake responsibility for managing their careers.Our college relations activities includes careerStudents in a computer lab in Rogers Hall.fairs, company site tours, corporate presentations,participation in career preparation seminars, networkingdinners and other special events. CareerServices strives to be the catalyst for bringingtogether Polytechnic students and alumni with thebusiness community.For more information on all the Career Servicesprograms, please visit www.poly.edu/career.Cooperative Education ProgramPolytechnic students who participate in cooperativeeducation gain valuable program-relatedwork experience while earning extra money.Upon graduation, these students often find permanentemployment with their co-op employers.Students may participate full or part time. In fulltime, students alternate semesters of full-timestudy with semesters of full-time cooperativeemployment. In part time, students work in apart-time cooperative position while they areenrolled full time in classes. Cooperative educationbroadens students’ options and allows themto pursue career choices based on their skills, talentsand values. Participating employers arelocated within the metro New York–Long Islandregion and throughout the United States.19