This May, the fourth cohort of Pitzer College’s Inside-Out Pathway-to-BA program will graduate with degrees in Organizational Studies, having completed their education in the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco. As incarcerated students, they have built a community of learning, care and transformation, bridging the distance between inside and outside through meaningful relationships and shared purpose.
Tag: Education
Pomona named one of 60 universities to receive warning from Department of Education for ‘antisemitic discrimination’
The Department of Education issued a warning to Pomona among 60 other schools for ‘antisemitic discrimination.’
OPINION: Test scores don’t define us: Why test-optional must stay
After the faculty recommended a return to mandatory testing, Claremont McKenna College sits on the precipice of making an important decision: moving the admissions process to mandatory test submission after lifting the requirement due to national trends and worries of inequity sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this important moment, Daniel Choi PO ’28 asks the institution to continue making efforts for equity by remaining committed to holistic admissions.
Science as a Human Endeavor: A professor’s call to humanize science education
Many students enter into science majors out of curiosity about our world and their place in it. Gabriel Brenner PO ’26 discusses recentering scientific learning around human experience, and physics professor Elijah Quetin’s efforts to do just that.
Lost in Translation: Wolf hats and word fumbles
Columnist Claire Welch SC ’27 has been giving weekly Chinese language lessons to a class of 34 curious kids. But, facing blank stares, Welch has started to wonder what she’s really teaching—and what she’s learning. Reflecting on her own journey from Nepal to California, Welch discovers that confusion and curiosity might just be a pathway to a new “vision of life.”
Science as a Human Endeavor: Is science just a requirement?
Are the Claremont Colleges’ general education requirements doing enough to teach students scientific literacy? Columnist Gabriel Brenner PO ’26 discusses the value of a scientific education for non-science majors.
John Warner on defending writing from AI
On Oct. 8, John Warner, a writer and former professor at College of Charleston and Virginia Tech, among other institutions, delivered the second lecture in the annual Nelson Distinguished Speaker Series at Harvey Mudd College.
‘Inside-Out as a Model for Constructive Dialogue’: Pitzer students and faculty discuss prison exchange program
On April 22, Pitzer College hosted a panel discussion titled “Inside-Out as a Model for Constructive Dialogue,” celebrating ten years of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program.
OPINION: The limits of college activism
Do college students have political leverage? Guest writer Marcello Ursic PO ‘24 on why disrupting an institution’s cash flow is the most effective form of political action.
Medication abortions coming to a college near you, but not to the 5Cs
All public universities will be required to provide on-campus access to abortion pills, but the 5Cs have no intention to follow suit.