Press Releases Pitzer College Receives $1.1 Million Mellon Grant to Expand Prison Education at The Claremont CollegesClaremont, Calif. (July 10, 2018)—The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Pitzer College a five-year $1.1 million grant to develop an integrated Claremont Colleges-wide Critical Justice Education (CJE) program. The multi-pronged CJE program will foster social change through the power of prison education and educate Claremont Colleges students and locally incarcerated individuals. The Critical Justice [Read More...]July 10, 2018
In the News Pitzer and The Claremont Colleges featured in Forbes article “College Consortia: A Cooperative Model That Offers Students Greater Value”Forbes
Press Releases The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Teaching and Learning at The Claremont CollegesClaremont, Calif. (October 19, 2016)—The Claremont University Consortium has received a $1.5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish a new Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) to help faculty members enhance their teaching through programming, consultation services and support programs. The design of the CTL has been informed by research on [Read More...]October 19, 2016
Press Releases $25 Million Gift Establishes Center to Accelerate Student Creativity and Collaboration at The Claremont Colleges“The challenges we face today call for audacious thinkers and doers who can work collaboratively and creatively across disciplines.” —Rick Sontag (HMC ’64) In making a $25 million gift that will benefit the five undergraduate campuses of The Claremont Colleges, Rick and Susan Sontag hope to help some of the nation’s most talented students harness [Read More...]September 10, 2015
