Martinez Trial Set for March 2015

Former Pomona College theater professor Alma Martinez’s employment discrimination lawsuit against the college will go to trial on March 25, 2015 unless the two parties find another way to end the dispute, lawyers on both sides agreed at a public conference Monday, April 7.   Although the scheduled trial is almost

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College Interest Group Opposes California Bill on Sex Abuse Liability

The Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities (AICCU), a Sacramento-based interest group that represents higher education institutions, including the Claremont Colleges, and which has 5C officials on its Executive Committee, has lobbied extensively this year against a California bill that would allow some victims of child sexual abuse to

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Oversight Mistakes Were Avoidable, but Work Authorization Investigation Was Necessary, Report Finds

The Pomona College Board of Trustees made some mistakes related to communication and oversight of the investigation that led to the firing of 17 staff members last year, but the comprehensive audit of work authorization documents for all Pomona employees was necessary, according to a report by a subcommittee of

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WFJ Files OSHA Complaint, Confronts Pomona Administration

When Workers for Justice (WFJ) members and supporters gathered Thursday to announce that they had complained to a federal agency about allegedly poor workplace safety conditions at Pomona College, it looked like their demonstration would follow a familiar procedure. Workers, students and union organizers convened at Sixth Street and College

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Report Reveals More Falsified Data Reporting by CMC Officer

Claremont McKenna College’s former Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid engaged in false reporting practices that went beyond inflating SAT numbers, misrepresenting statistics on ACT scores, class ranking and application numbers, according to a report published Tuesday by O’Melveny & Meyers LLP. Richard Vos, the former top-ranking admission officer,

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Scripps Investigation Finds Allegations Against Faculty False

Scripps College has cleared two faculty members of allegations that were made against them in anonymous letters of complaint, President Lori Bettison-Varga wrote in an e-mail to the college community Thursday. Bettison-Varga wrote that Scripps could not offer any details about the allegations, citing concerns about the privacy of the

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