Claremont Independent

Pomona "Campus Climate Survey" Results Show Faculty Dissatisfaction and Free Expression Concerns

The results of Pomona College's 2026 Campus Climate Survey were released on Monday. The summary report included demographic ...
Claremont Independent

Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University Announce Takeover Deal

Pomona College will become Claremont Graduate University's parent institution, formalizing a “strategic partnership” the two ...
Title IX

The Exit Interview: President Chodosh on Pre-Professionalism, Free Speech, and Administrative Bloat

President Hiram Chodosh is Claremont McKenna College’s fifth president, assuming the position after serving as Dean of the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law. After thirteen years in the ...
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Pomona Drops in US News Rankings, Tying Claremont McKenna

The U.S. News & World Report released its 2026 rankings for liberal arts colleges on Tuesday. Pomona College slipped down to seventh place, now tied with Claremont McKenna College and Wellesley.
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“Heartbreaking”: Claremont Students Express Dismay as Peers Celebrate Anniversary of Charlie Kirk Assassination

Dozens of posts on the Claremont forum of the anonymous social media app Fizz joked about the “Kirkaversary,” often accumulating hundreds of "upvotes"—the Fizz equivalent of likes. Many celebrated the ...
Title IX

Former Claremont McKenna Dean Investigated for Racism After Accusing Student of Plagiarism

According to the narrative, in early December 2022, Ascher received three of the student’s papers. “The papers were submitted as email attachments, with a statement that they had been uploaded on [a ...
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Black Student Union Accuses Pomona Administration of Enabling Racist Environment

Pomona College’s Black Student Union (BSU) held a town hall attended by hundreds of students last Wednesday night, alleging that black students had been “subjected to hateful experiences on this ...
Title IX

Harvey Mudd Has Too Many Climate Majors – And Not Enough Environmentalism

Since 2024, Harvey Mudd College has created four joint majors, all related to climate: Chemistry and Climate, Computer Science and Climate, Biology and Climate, and most recently, Mathematics and ...
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Pomona Promises to Welcome All Students. Jews Too?

Three years ago, more than a thousand civilians were murdered on October 7th. Two years ago, protesters stormed Pomona’s Carnegie Hall and spraypainted “intifada” across its walls. One year ago, ...
Title IX

I’m a Questbridge Student. Legacy Admissions Shouldn’t Be Caricatured.

A liberal arts college with hardly over a thousand students and a billion dollar endowment, one-fifth of Claremont McKenna’s student body was drawn from the top 1% in 2017. This was not my reality.
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Rebuttal: CMC Should Not Renounce the Claremont Institute

The Claremont Institute, a modest building in an Upland office park, is home to a cluster of influential right-wing scholars. Founded in 1979 by alumni of Claremont Graduate University, the Claremont ...