The 5Cs have adopted various policies to accommodate faculty with familial caregiving responsibilities during the coronavirus pandemic, including making adjustments to requirements for the tenure process and allowing more flexibility in teaching schedules.
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Student-athletes bring fun and games to 5C after-school childcare program
Many school-aged children of faculty and staff are learning remotely. Now they can have a fun time with 5C student athletes.
Pomona College bans all faculty-student relationships
Pomona College became the first of the 5Cs to prohibit all relationships between faculty and students when the college’s board of trustees approved a new policy in May.
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.
Pitzer switches to universal pass/no record grading, passes to count as As for GPA
Pitzer faculty voted Wednesday to move to a universal pass/no record policy that makes passed classes equivalent to As for students’ GPAs.
5C budget crunches loom as Harvey Mudd and Scripps freeze hiring
In response to COVID-19 related costs, Scripps College and Harvey Mudd College have frozen hiring for new and vacant positions.
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.
EDITORIAL BOARD: Pomona shutting out students, reporters from faculty grading meeting is unacceptable
Pomona barred students and reporters from a faculty meeting to decide coronavirus grading policy. This is unacceptable.
Facing challenges of remote instruction, 5C faculty and students get creative
With one week of remote classes under their belts, 5C professors and students are coming to terms with the ups and downs of online instruction.
Pomona econ prof to co-chair CA Governor’s economic council
Pomona College economics professor Fernando Lozano will serve as co-chair of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new Council of Economic Advisors.