CMC reports legacy and donor preferential treatment in class of 2024 admissions

Seven percent of the students in Claremont McKenna College’s class of 2024 are related to alumni or donors, according to a report from the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities. And in a shift from the 2018-19 admissions cycle, Pitzer College says it did not provide any manner of preferential treatment to legacy or donor-related students for those entering the class of 2024.

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Some Claremont alumni fall short in 2020 election

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock CM ’88 was just one Claremont Colleges alum to lose a contested race earlier this week.

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Pomona pulls student and alumni information from networking app due to privacy concerns

Until this week, any Pomona College student could log on to the school’s networking app, Sagehen Connect, and find personal data about students or alumni who had not expressly requested they be removed. But after a TSL inquiry, TSL, Pomona removed some personal information from the app including street addresses, work addresses and phone numbers.

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