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45-681: George William Hunter Jr. spent his later years lecturing at the Claremont Colleges . He died on February 4, 1948, at the age of 74, in Claremont, California . He is buried in Hillside Cemetery in Redlands, California . A biologist, he went to school at Williams College in Massachusetts . He earned his doctorate at New York University . During World War I , he was the educational director for

90-616: A "relational approach" found in process thought, specifically process theology. Claremont School of Theology hosts the Course of Study and Licensing School programs of the United Methodist Western Jurisdiction. Programs are open to students from any United Methodist Jurisdiction. These programs are for those seeking to become a local pastor in The United Methodist Church. The school is accredited by

135-509: A conservative magazine, has produced articles about the 5Cs' political culture that have been picked up by national conservative media outlets and drawn criticism from many students. The Golden Antlers publishes satirical content. On the Loose (OTL), the outing club of the 5Cs, sponsors trips to outdoors destinations. Its flagship event, an annual hike up Mount Baldy in swimwear or goofy costumes, can draw more than 100 participants. It

180-464: A dance concert each year, and there are several smaller student-run productions as well. The 5Cs have two improv groups, Without a Box and Underground Theatrical Institution (UTI). There are eight a cappella groups on campus. One, the Claremont Shades, hosts the annual SCAMFest concert, which draws singers from other Southern California colleges. Many notable people have been affiliated with

225-521: A distinct identity. Admission to the Claremont Colleges is considered highly selective. For the Class of 2020 admissions cycle, four of the five most selective liberal arts colleges in the U.S. by acceptance rate were among the 5Cs (the five undergraduate colleges), and the remaining college, Scripps, had the second-lowest acceptance rate among women's colleges. The Fiske Guide to Colleges describes

270-450: A large university. The consortium has since grown to roughly 8,500 students and 3,600 faculty and staff, and offers more than 2,000 courses every semester. The colleges share a central library , campus safety services, health services , and other resources, managed by The Claremont Colleges Services (TCCS). Among the undergraduate schools, there is significant social interaction and academic cross-registration, but each college maintains

315-672: A memorandum of understanding in May 2019, the school began planning the move to Willamette in July 2020. However, due to the ongoing litigation with TCC, CST was not able to move and in 2021 decided to "maintain its presence in Southern California with its main campus located in Claremont, while also retaining a partnership in Salem with Willamette". Responding to the increased demand for online education

360-441: A problem. The school's population was growing. Thus, Pomona either had to go against their ideals of expanding or limit the amount of growth at the college. James Blaisdell developed a different option. He advised the college chose to form a consortium of differentiated small colleges, modeled after Oxford and Cambridge . In October 1923, President James A. Blaisdell of Pomona College wrote to Ellen Browning Scripps describing

405-652: A regional economic impact of $ 706.8 million during the 2016–2017 academic year. Admission to the Claremont Colleges is considered highly selective. According to the American Liberal Arts College rankings released by U.S. News & World Report in fall 2021, the "5Cs" were ranked among the top 35 liberal arts colleges in the United States: Pomona College (#3), Claremont McKenna College (#9), Harvey Mudd College (#29), Scripps College (#33), and Pitzer College (#33). Additionally, all of

450-411: A school which offered women access to a higher education, to better their professional careers and to better their personal lives. Scripps College officially opened in 1927. The novelty of the arrangement, combined with marketing that drew up the perception of the west coast as a novel frontier, led to nationwide interest in and praise for the colleges in the 1930s. Paul Monroe of Harvard University,

495-503: A secular-focused university" after CLU announced "a decision to discontinue several of its programs". In the same announcement, CST's board of trustees affirmed a commitment to maintaining relationships with its partner schools (the Academy for Jewish Religion (California) and Bayan Claremont ). In 2015 CST disputed its 1957 agreement with the Claremont Colleges (TCC) that stated that if CST ever sold its Claremont campus, TCC would have

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540-566: A single science program. These three colleges pool their resources to create the largest academic department in Claremont, the Joint Science Department. Many research projects and courses use the Robert J. Bernard Field Station , an 86-acre (35 ha) natural area which consists principally of the rare Coastal Sage Scrub ecosystem . The Claremont Colleges have been praised by higher education experts for their high level of cooperation and

585-594: A vision of educational excellence he had for the future Claremont Colleges: I cannot but believe that we shall need here in the South [of California] a suburban educational institution of the range of Stanford . My own very deep hope is that instead of one great undifferentiated university, we might have a group of institutions divided into small colleges—somewhat on the Oxford type—around a library and other utilities which they would use in common. In this way I should hope to preserve

630-635: Is affiliated with the Outdoor Education Center of Pomona College (OEC), which lends equipment to students for free and provides outdoor leadership training. There are several dance groups on campus, including the Claremont Colleges Ballroom Dance Company (CCBDC), which has more than 130 dancers, making it the third-largest collegiate program in the U.S. It has won multiple national championships. The Pomona College Theater Department produces four mainstage productions and

675-814: Is one of the thirteen official theological schools of the United Methodist Church , and also has close relationships with a variety of other faith traditions and Protestant denominations, especially the Disciples of Christ and United Church of Christ, the Episcopal Church, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Founded as the Maclay School of Theology in San Fernando, California , in 1885,

720-685: The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC). In the Division III Final Standings for the 2016-2017 academic year, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps ranked fourth nationally, while Pomona-Pitzer ranked 29th; they were the top two performers in the SCIAC. Culturally, the Claremont Colleges place less emphasis on sports than many other institutions. In addition to the varsity teams, there are several 5C club sports teams. The roller hockey club,

765-642: The 16 acres of prime Village real estate it has occupied since 1957 back to the Claremont College for $ 7.7 million. Before the idea of the Claremont Colleges, Pomona College was founded in 1887. Pomona began after a group of congregationalists envisioned a "New England-type" college on the West Coast. Pomona College relocated to Claremont, California after the college acquired an unfinished hotel in Claremont. And 23 years later, James A. Blaisdell became president of Pomona. Though in 1923, Pomona College faced

810-438: The 5Cs. There are several media organizations at the Claremont Colleges, the largest of which is The Student Life , the oldest college newspaper in Southern California. It publishes a weekly print edition as well as online content. The college-specific newspapers Scripps Voice , CMC Forum , and Muddraker cover their home institutions. Pomona also has a student-run radio station, KSPC . The Claremont Independent ,

855-799: The Claremont Centaurs, won the Division 3 Championship of the West Coast Roller Hockey League in 2009–2010, 2010–2011, and 2011–2012. The men's and women's rugby union both attended Division II Nationals in 2004 and 2006, and the men's team (Claremont Colleges Lions) won the Division II national championship in 2010 and the National Small College championship in 2017 and 2019. The women's ultimate team reached Nationals in 2004, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and won

900-919: The Claremont Graduate University and is a collaborative center for faculty members working in mathematics. Shared intercollegiate programs include the European Union Center of California, the Chicano/ Latino Student Affairs Center, the Office of Black Student Affairs, the Office of the Chaplains, Hillel, and the Queer Resource Center. In addition, three of the Claremont Colleges—;Claremont McKenna College, Pitzer College, and Scripps College—share

945-671: The Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies , the Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies (formerly Black Studies), the Intercollegiate Department of Religious Studies , the Intercollegiate Department of Media Studies , and the Five-College Theater Department. In January 2008, the Claremont Colleges also formed the Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences, which is led by

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990-549: The Methodist seminary was founded by Charles Maclay , founder of the town of San Fernando, former Methodist minister and state senator. The school was affiliated with the University of Southern California (USC) from 1900 to 1957, staying on the USC campus until it moved to Claremont in 1957. The master plan for the Claremont campus was designed by Edward Durell Stone , who also designed

1035-752: The Tranquada Student Services Center (which houses Baxter Medical Center, Monsour Counseling Center, and the Health Education Outreach), McAlister Center (home of the Office of the Chaplains and the Claremont Card Center), EmPOWER Center (which works to address sexual violence), the Huntley Bookstore, all dining facilities, and several sports facilities. The Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity, colloquially termed "the Hive",

1080-690: The War Work Council in Washington, D.C. He also worked summers at Woods Hole . After teaching biology at Carleton College and Knox College , in 1926 he came to Pomona College to teach one class each semester. He then lectured at Claremont Graduate School. During his career, he wrote or co-wrote 20 textbooks about biology or teaching it. In Civic Biology , Hunter advocated both eugenics and segregation , writing that "If such people were lower animals, we would probably kill them off to prevent them from spreading. Humanity will not allow this, but we do have

1125-689: The colleges as alumni, faculty, staff, and administrators. Coverage of them is divided into articles by college: The CEO of The Claremont Colleges Services is Stig Lanesskog. Pomona College and Pitzer College compete together as the Pomona-Pitzer (PP) Sagehens . Claremont McKenna College , Harvey Mudd College and Scripps College also compete together as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS) Stags (for male teams) and Athenas (for female teams). The teams participate in NCAA Division III in

1170-467: The consortium as "a collection of intellectual resources unmatched in America." The five undergraduate colleges are: The two graduate universities are: The Claremont School of Theology (founded 1885 ) (and thus Claremont Lincoln University ) is affiliated with the consortium but is not a member. In January, 2024, after nearly a decade, the Claremont School of Theology finalized a deal to sell

1215-408: The consortium that focused its education in science and engineering. In 1963, Pitzer College joined the Claremont Colleges. Pitzer was founded as a college for woman focusing on the social sciences. Later in 1970, Pitzer enrolled 80 men. The school was named after Russell K. Pitzer , an important benefactor in the development of the institution. The final and seventh college to join the consortium

1260-501: The foremost educational historian of the era, wrote that year that "The torch of learning was borne aloft in the first century by Antioch and Athens; in the second century by Rome and Alexandria; by Padua and Paris in the twelfth; Oxford and Cambridge in the fifteenth; Harvard and Yale in the seventeenth; Columbia and Chicago in the nineteenth; the Claremont Colleges of the West in the twentieth." In 1946, 86 students and 7 faculty members formed

1305-450: The fourth institution of the Claremont Colleges, known as Claremont McKenna College . CMC was formed as a fully male undergraduate school until women were admitted in 1976. In 1955, Harvey Mudd College became the fifth institute in the consortium. HMC was founded by Harvey Seeley Mudd , a former chairman of the Board of Fellows of Claremont College. He envisioned an undergraduate college in

1350-573: The great educational institutions of America. Other hands through the centuries will carry on the project and perfect it. But never again can there come so fundamental a service as this. The start of the Claremont Colleges came in 1925 with the addition of a graduate school, now known as Claremont Graduate University . The college was originally known as Claremont College and began to function in 1927. The second addition came in 1926 when Ellen Browning Scripps founded Scripps College . Scripps College allowed Ellen Browning Scripps to put-forth her plan of

1395-402: The inestimable personal values of the small college while securing the facilities of the great university. Such a development would be a new and wonderful contribution to American education. Now the thing which would assure this future institution to Southern California is land ... It is now or never. To save the needed land for educational use seems to me to guarantee to Southern California one of

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1440-410: The members except KGI have adjoining campuses, together covering roughly 1 sq mi (2.6 km ). The consortium was founded in 1925 by Pomona College president James A. Blaisdell , who proposed a collegiate university design inspired by Oxford University . He sought to provide the specialization, flexibility, and personal attention commonly found in small colleges, but with the resources of

1485-489: The opportunity to purchase the property for pennies on the dollar. Based on an early 1980's California law, CST believed this 1957 restriction was no longer applicable while TCC insisted it remained valid. Both parties entered litigation and in December 2023, CST and TCC completed arbitration. Before the arbitration was completed, CST began negotiations in 2017 to merge with Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. After signing

1530-495: The overall success of their model, although the colleges' differing financial resources have led to occasional tensions. They have influenced the operations of other consortia and collegiate universities, but their model remains unique with few other institutions operating comparably. Some extracurricular organizations on campus are specific to an individual college, whereas others are open to students at all 5Cs or 7Cs. In total, there are nearly 300 clubs and organizations across

1575-553: The remedy of separating the sexes in asylums or other places and in various ways preventing intermarriage and the possibilities of perpetuating such a low and degenerate race. Remedies of this sort have been tried successfully in Europe and are now meeting with success in this country." His views in his textbooks included the viewpoint that there were five human races, ranked from inferior to superior, with those of Caucasian descent purported by Hunter to be "the highest type of all." While this

1620-672: The school announced in 2023 that it would increase its online and hybrid offerings, and move from its 16-acre Claremont location to a more sustainable Los Angeles campus. The school is now on the campus of the Westwood United Methodist Church. CST was the original home for the Center for Process Studies (CPS). In 2023 the CST Board of Trustees approved a proposal that enabled CPS to establish itself as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, with joint faculty with CST. The CPS promotes

1665-669: The school's Kresge Chapel, listed as an historic building by the LA Conservancy. In 2008, CST became a founding member of the Claremont University Project, a multi-religious consortium that eventually became Claremont Lincoln University (CLU). In 2014, CST announced the end of its relationship with Claremont Lincoln University. The mutual split resulted from an acknowledgement that both institutions' "fundamental philosophies have diverged" when "Claremont Lincoln decided to move away from its interreligious roots and become

1710-801: The top tier of graduate programs nationwide. Each college is independent in that students receive their degrees from the one college in which they are enrolled, and administration and admissions departments are independent. The seven-institution Claremont Colleges system is supported by The Claremont Colleges Services ( TCCS ), which provides centralized services, such as a library, student health, financial and human resources, telecommunications, risk management, real estate, physical plant maintenance, and other services, for those colleges. The Claremont Colleges Library (also known as Honnold/Mudd Library) holds more than 2.7 million items as of 2020 , of which 1.1 million are physical and 1.7 million are digital. Other shared facilities include Campus Safety,

1755-494: The tournament in 2012, and the men's ultimate frisbee were 2008 Southern California Sectional champions and 2011 Division III National champions. Other club sports offered at the 5Cs include men's lacrosse , field hockey , crew, and cycling. Claremont School of Theology Claremont School of Theology ( CST ) is a private graduate school focused on religion and theology and located in Los Angeles, California . It

1800-492: The undergraduate colleges are categorized as "Most Selective". Forbes ranked the 5C's among the top 60 undergraduate colleges (including universities and military academies) in the nation and within the top 25 liberal arts colleges for its 2017 report: Pomona College (#10 overall, #1 LAC), Claremont McKenna College (#11 overall, #2 LAC), Harvey Mudd College (#18 overall, #5 LAC), Scripps College (#43 overall, #16 LAC), and Pitzer College (#59 overall, #23 LAC). Niche listed all of

1845-582: The undergraduate colleges within the top 30 small colleges in the United States as measured by surveys rating various components of the undergraduate experience: Pomona College (#2), Harvey Mudd College (#5), Claremont McKenna College (#10), Scripps College (#22), and Pitzer College (#29). U.S. News & World Report also releases individual graduate program rankings for the Claremont Graduate University , with several of its programs ranking in

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1890-460: Was Keck Graduate Institute . KGI was founded in 1997 after a $ 50 million donation from W.M. Keck Foundation . The graduate school focuses on post-graduate biomedical applications. Initially planned to be located on Bernard Field Station lands, protests forced the institute to relocate to a site southwest of the Claremont Village. Alongside the institutions, Claremont College Services

1935-717: Was a relatively normal academic outlook in the 1920s, his inclusion of evolution in his textbooks proved highly controversial at the time, and led to lawsuits in Tennessee . Claremont Colleges The Claremont Colleges (known colloquially as the 7Cs ) are a consortium of seven private institutions of higher education located in Claremont, California , United States. They comprise five undergraduate colleges (the 5Cs )— Pomona College , Scripps College , Claremont McKenna College (CMC), Harvey Mudd College , and Pitzer College —and two graduate schools— Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and Keck Graduate Institute (KGI). All

1980-542: Was established in 2015 to support creative learning. The Claremont Colleges Library is an example of the level of cooperation in terms of support services. The size of the library collection ranks third among the private institutions in California , behind only Stanford and USC . Shared academic departments include the Intercollegiate Women's Studies Center, the Intercollegiate Department of Chicano Studies ,

2025-415: Was founded on July 1, 2000. The Claremont College Services provides educational support to all the institutions in the consortium. Specifically, TCCS aids in projects of group planning, establishment of new institutions into the consortium and hold expansion lands. The Claremont Colleges employ approximately 3,600 people as of 2022 . A report commissioned for the colleges estimated that the consortium had

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