Worried about your homestay or abroad program in general? Well, Jada Shavers’ SC ’26 story of her summer abroad might assuage your fears by showing you just how bad abroad can be. Abandoned by the Scripps professor guiding the program and left to their own devices, Shavers recounts her nightmarish experience in Senegal, the need for Scripps College to increase institutional support and improve their vetting processes for their professors.
Tag: Institutional Support
OPINION: Pitzer College builds a community only for those who can afford it
Many BIPOC and first-generation students lack the proper resources to acclimate to college culture — and Pitzer is no help, writes Daniel Bonilla PZ ‘25.
OPINION: We need more women-specific academic programs at the 5Cs
The Claremont Colleges must devote more resources to female students’ academic development and to programs that confront systemic challenges in academia, argues Yutong Niu PO ’23.