Pomona and Pitzer move from ‘F’ to ‘C’ grades in Anti-Defamation League Rankings; Scripps maintains failing grade

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) upgraded Pomona and Pitzer Colleges’ rankings from ‘F’ to ‘C’ grades in their 2026 Campus Antisemitism Report Card released last month, while Scripps College received an ‘F’ grade again and Claremont McKenna and Harvey Mudd Colleges remained unranked.

ADL reached out to both Pomona and Pitzer prior to releasing this year’s rankings and Pomona “shared some general information about Jewish life on campus,” a Pomona College spokesperson wrote in an email to TSL.

While the spokesperson said the college is “encouraged” by the updated ranking, the numerical value is not their only measure of progress.

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Pomona announces resolution of OCR complaint, policy changes to come

On Dec. 10, Pomona College President Gabrielle Starr announced a resolution agreement to a Title VI complaint received by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in April 2024, which alleged that Jewish students were experiencing antisemitism on campus.

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Brandeis Center and Anti-Defamation League sue Pomona College over antisemitism Title IV violation

On May 9, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced they filed a federal Title VI complaint suing Pomona College for rising campus antisemitism since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

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