Pomona College will suspend study abroad for the fall 2020 semester, citing safety concerns and travel uncertainty related to COVID-19.
Author: Julia Frankel
Pomona Board of Trustees votes to freeze tuition
Pomona College will freeze tuition for the 2020-2021 academic year at 2019-2020 levels, the college board of trustees voted Friday. The measure keeps on-campus tuition at $54,380.
Amid fall semester uncertainty, 5Cs differ on deferral policies for incoming first-years
Scripps College will allow incoming first-years to defer entrance to the spring, adopting the most flexible policy of the Claremont Colleges.
Scripps switches to default pass/no record grading, keeps letter grade option
Scripps faculty voted to make pass/no record grading the default for spring 2020, but maintained a letter grade option.
TSL exclusive: Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr talks grading specifics, consortium coordination and fall contingencies
In an exclusive interview with TSL, Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr talked about grading and fall plans amid coronavirus.
Pomona College adopts universal pass/no record/incomplete grading policy
Pomona faculty voted to adopt universal pass/“no record pandemic” grading for spring 2020, the only one of the 5Cs to eliminate letter grades.
Pomona faculty to re-vote Friday on struck down A/no record/incomplete policy
Pomona faculty will re-vote on Friday on an A/no record/incomplete grading policy following technical difficulties at Wednesday’s meeting.
Pomona delays decision on grading policy, votes down A/no record/incomplete option
Pomona faculty voted down an A/no record/incomplete coronavirus grading policy, but otherwise failed to come to a consensus on a new policy.
Pomona College to temporarily suspend standardized testing requirements
The Pomona faculty voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to suspend the school’s requirement that all applicants provide standardized test results to be considered for admission.
Claremont trustees have donated more than $7 million to political causes since 2015, with CMC leading the way
Members of the 5Cs’ boards of trustees have donated more than $7.3 million to political candidates and committees since 2015, a TSL analysis of Federal Election Commission data found.