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. Neither of my parents completed high school, so how could I have ended up in Claremont? After a low-income upbringing, I owe my presence here to the Questbridge scholarship program for underprivileged students. Programs like this are made possible in part by the boons of legacy adm

Alexander Hall (Pomona's administrative building), and former Dean Melanie Wu. Photo credit: Pomona College Media Team A week after...

Photo Credit: wiredforlego On paper, the Claremont Colleges present a unified commitment to inclusion, openness, and intellectual...

Construction work on the Robert Day Integrated Sciences Center. As the final panels are placed on the Robert Day Integrated Sciences...

Photo Credit: ActuaLitté. On May 13, President Hiram Chodosh announced that Sir Salman Rushdie will no longer speak at Claremont McKenna...

Claremont McKenna's Center for Writing and Public Discourse. Alexandra Wofford contributed reporting. This spring, we were hired by...

CMC professor Christopher Nadon. Claremont McKenna College (CMC) professor Christopher Nadon alleged  in 2022 that CMC Dean of Faculty...

Sir Salman Rushdie at the 2014 PEN America/Free Expression Literature Conference (credit: Ed Lederman/PEN American Center ) On April 25,...

Photo Credit: Bill Swersey/Asia Society Novelist Sir Salman Rushdie will deliver the keynote address at Claremont McKenna’s commencement...

Claremont McKenna's North Quad. On May 6, the CMC Dean of Students office announced via email a major North Quad infrastructure upgrade....

Image via Claremont McKenna College . Much ink has been spilled over the decision of Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr to...

Photos via the Claremont Colleges. The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) published  a statement on April 22...

Image via Claremont McKenna College. Construction has begun on Claremont McKenna College’s new Sports Bowl, a multi-year process that...

Image via Wikimedia Commons. Copyright CMC Media Team . The Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC) President emailed ...

Image via Flickr. Copyright Adam Jones . President Trump’s promise to deport international students at American colleges and universities...

Police officers outside Big Bridges. At 9:33 a.m. on Sunday, March 30, students at the Claremont Colleges received a notification from...

Police officers on top of CMC's Kravis Center. Around 4:44 p.m. on March 13, the Claremont Police Department (CPD) received a phone call...

Squad cars outside the Kravis Center. Image credit: Tom Burton. At 4:55 P.M., Claremont Colleges students received notifications through...

Image via Flickr. Copyright CMC Forum . On March 1, Associated Students of Claremont McKenna College (ASCMC) hosted their annual Wedding...

The Claremont Colleges' McAlister Center. In a meeting with the Catholic Students Association (CSA) on March 10, The Claremont Colleges...