Claremont Graduate University

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Claremont Graduate University
Motto: multa lumina, una lux
Established: 1925
Type: Private
President: Robert Klitgaard
Faculty: 81 full time, 88 part time
Students: 2033 graduate students
Location: Claremont, California, USA
Campus: Suburban, 19 acres
Website: www.cgu.edu

Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is a private graduate-only university. CGU is a member of the Claremont Colleges.

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[edit] History

Founded in 1925, CGU was the second of the Claremont Colleges to form, following Pomona College and preceding Scripps College. Claremont Graduate University is the oldest remaining all-graduate university in the United States. The school has undergone several name changes since its inception. After being called Claremont University College for thirty-seven years, in 1962 the school officially became known as Claremont Graduate School and University Center. Five years later, in 1967, the name was again changed to Claremont University Center, and in 1998 it acquired the name Claremont Graduate University.

The Claremont Colleges were designed to incorporate the Oxford Model of higher education. Instead of one large university composed of several separate schools, the Claremont Colleges are made up of different institutions designed around differing theories of pedagogy. CGU was founded upon the principle that graduate education is separate and distinct from undergraduate education. Students discover and cultivate their disciplines during undergraduate course work; at CGU students continue cultivation of their own disciplines, but are also expected to augment this with research that incorporates other disciplines as well. This is called transdisciplinarity, and is an essential component of Claremont Graduate University’s functioning theory of pedagogy.

The school is home to over 2,000 masters and PhD students, as well as approximately 170 full and part-time faculty members. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has classified Claremont Graduate University as a CompDoc /NMedVet: Comprehensive doctoral (no medical/veterinary). Their eight academic schools and one independent department award master's and doctoral degrees in 22 disciplines. Enrollment is limited and classes are small.

[edit] Academics

[edit] The Claremont Colleges

The Claremont Colleges comprise a consortium of five undergraduate and two graduate institutions in Claremont, California. The Claremont Colleges also include: Pomona College, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Pitzer College, Harvey Mudd College and Keck Graduate Institute.

[edit] Schools

[edit] Arts & Humanities

The School of Arts and Humanities includes departments in the fields of art, music, English, cultural studies, history, and philosophy These subjects have an interest in interdisciplinary studies that provide disciplinary depth as well as the cross-disciplinary flexibility to meet the challenges of today’s world.

[edit] Behavioral & Organizational Sciences

Since the late 1960s, the School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences has been a leader in providing graduate education in applied psychological science and evaluation, and in preparing students to meet the challenges of an increasingly diverse and global community.

[edit] Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management

Main article: Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management

[edit] Educational Studies

The Teacher Education program initiated the internship model of teacher preparation in California in the 1960s, and this model has become widely regarded as the best way to prepare teachers. In the 1980s it became a leader in the preparation of minority group teachers.

[edit] Information Systems & Technology

SISAT was founded in 1983 by Dr. Paul Gray as an independent entity. Unconstrained by a typical business school structure, students are allowed to focus specifically on those topics associated with IS&T. The school provides a solid technical grounding in IT systems, while at the same time, addressing the significant management challenges to designing, developing, implementing and assessing IT systems in applied business and governmental settings.

[edit] Mathematical Sciences

The School of Mathematical Sciences offers a variety of masters and doctoral degrees, and maintains a strong applied research component through its internationally recognized Engineering and Industrial Applied Mathematics Clinic, offering students first-hand experience in solving significant problems in applied mathematics for business and industry clients.

[edit] Politics & Economics

The School of Politics and Economics encompasses the Department of Politics and Policy and the Department of Economics at Claremont Graduate University.[1]

[edit] Religion

[edit] Campus

Harper Hall
Harper Hall

As part of the Claremont Colleges, CGU sits on 550 acres (2.2 km²) of land and includes over 175 buildings that is home to the Claremont University Consortiumin Claremont California.

In 2007, Money magazine ranked Claremont as one of the top 5 places to live in the United States.[2]

Harper Hall Harper Hall is the oldest building on CGU's campus, originally housing the graduate library. It is now the administration building centralizing CGU's student and administrative functions. Classrooms and study areas take up a majority of Harper Hall’s lower level.

Staffer Hall and Albercht auditorium

The Academic computing building The ACB is a two story, 27,000-square-foot (2,500 m²) facility completed in 1985. It houses the computing resources, the School of Behavioral Sciences, the School of Information Sciences and Systems, two computer labs, and the Kay E-Health Center. It is also home to the Paul Gray PC Museum[3].

Ron W. Burkle Building The Ron W. Burkle building was completed in 1998. Named after CGU fellow Ronald W. Burkle, it is currently home to the Peter Drucker School of Management. It is a three story, 36,000-square-foot (3,300 m²) facility housing offices, classrooms and lecture halls, the Drucker Library and the Drucker Institute[4].

Des Combes Gate George Stone Children's Library The George G. Stone Center for Children's Books is a library of the School of Educational Studies. Currently, it circulates more than 20,000 books for children and young adults. The Center also houses a non-circulating collection of historically significant children's literature and reference materials on children's books and their use in classrooms.

The CGU Art Building The CGU Art Building is home to two galleries, The East Gallery and the Peggy Phelps Gallery. During the semester the galleries feature work by current MFA students as well as special exhibits curated by professors, featuring the work of local artists.

[edit] Paul Gray PC Museum

The Paul Gray PC Museum is a computer museum at Claremont Graduate University. It is named in honor of Paul Gray, a former professor at the university, and is located in the School of Information Systems and Technology. As of November 12, 2005 the museum is showing the "Best PCs Ever" [1], based on the article "The 25 Greatest PCs of All Time" [2] published by PC World.

[edit] The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

Claremont Graduate University is home to the Kinglsey Tufts Poetry Award. The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is presented annually for a work by an emerging poet. The award was established in 1992 by Kate Tufts to honor her late husband, poet and writer Kingsley Tufts. It is the largest monetary prize in the nation for a mid-career poet.[5]

[edit] Notable People

  • Sacvan Bercovitch (PhD ’65) is an Americanist, Literary and Cultural Critic. He is the Powell M. Cabot Research Professor at Harvard and has been a visiting faculty member at the School of Criticism and Theory at Dartmouth College.
  • Stephen Cambone (PhD ’82) was the first U.S. undersecretary of defense for intelligence .
  • David Dreier (MA ‘76) is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing California’s 26th congressional district.
  • Wendel Vernon Eckford (MA 04', PhD '05) is a professor of both U.S. & African American history. He was principal of Archistoria, LLC. a world renowned hisotoric preservation firm world wide. Dr. Eckford, had been awarded numerous preservation awards and citations.
  • James Turrell (MFA ’73) is an installation artist from Los Angeles. Turrell’s Roden Crater, the transformation of an extinct volcano in Arizona into an observatory, is a work in progress.
  • Diane Watson (PhD) is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing California’s 33rd congressional district.

[edit] More notable alumni, faculty, and staff

Main article: List of Claremont Graduate University People

[edit] Presidents

  • James A. Blaisdell (1928-1939)
  • Russell Story (1939-1959)
  • Robert J. Bernard (1959-1970)
  • Howard R. Bowen (1970-1971)
  • Barnaby Keeney (1971-1976)
  • Joseph B. Platt (1976-1981)
  • John D. Maguire (1981-1998)
  • Steadman Upham (1998-2005)
  • Robert Klitgaard (2005-present)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Academic Programs
  2. ^ "America's Best Places To Live," Money Magazine. August 2007.
  3. ^ CGS News1984, p. 1
  4. ^ CGS News1997, p. 7
  5. ^ Kingsley Tufts and Kate Tufts Poetry Award Winners

[edit] Further reading

  • Bernard, Robert J., An Unfinished Dream: A Chronicle of the Group Plan of the Claremont Colleges; The Castle Press, 1982.
  • Blaisdell, James Arnold, The Story of a Life: An Autobiography; Penn Lithographics, 1984.
  • Clary, William W., The Claremont Colleges: A History of the Development of the Claremont Group Plan; The Castle Press, 1970.

[edit] External links

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