Claremont University Consortium
The Claremont University Consortium is an organization located in Claremont, California that supports Claremont Colleges, a group of five undergraduate and two graduate schools of higher education. It provides centralized services, such as a library system, student health, campus mail, and other services, for those colleges. It is funded by the Claremont Colleges system.
The Chief Executive Officer of the consortium is Stig Lanesskog.
History of the school's name
The Claremont University Consortium, then known as The Claremont Colleges, started in 1925. However in 1944, The Claremont Colleges name was changed to simply Claremont College and again in 1961 it was changed to Claremont University College. It was only a matter of time before it the name was changed again, two years later, to Claremont Graduate School and University Center. Finally, in 1967, it was given its current name, Claremont University center.[1]
About
Claremont University Consortium offers seven different educational institutions: Pomona College, Claremont Graduate University, Scripps College, Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, and the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences.[1]
More than 6,300 full-time students are enrolled in these seven educational institutions with more than 2000 courses offered.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "History of The Claremont Colleges". Claremont University Consortium. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
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