CLAREMONT COLLEGES

a consortium of private colleges in Claremont, Calif., U.S. The consortium comprises Pomona College, Claremont McKenna College, Scripps College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, and the Claremont Graduate School. The campuses are adjacent to one another and many facilities are shared, including the 1,800,000-volume Honnold Library. The concept of a cluster of colleges was developed in the 1920s. By closely affiliating several autonomous colleges, it was hoped that the group could generate the resources of a large university while maintaining a small-college ambience. Pomona, the oldest of the colleges, was founded in 1887 by Congregationalists in the town of Pomona. It moved to Claremont in 1889. It is a coeducational liberal arts college. Facilities include the Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations, Evey Canyon Ecological Preserve, and the California Institute of Public Affairs. Total enrollment at Pomona, the largest of the undergraduate colleges, is about 1,400. Scripps College, for women only, was founded in 1926. It offers undergraduate instruction in the sciences and humanities founded on a first-year program that introduces students to basic cultural, philosophical, and literary traditions and concepts. Total enrollment at Scripps is about 600. Claremont McKenna College, a coeducational institution, was founded in 1946 as an undergraduate liberal arts college with an emphasis on public affairs. The college is home to the Roberts Environmental Center, Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, and the Henry Kravis Leadership Institute. Enrollment at Claremont McKenna is approximately 800. Founded in 1955, Harvey Mudd College offers coeducational undergraduate education in engineering, natural sciences, mathematics, and computer science, with a background in humanities and social sciences. Enrollment at Harvey Mudd is about 600. Pitzer College, the newest of the colleges, was founded in 1963 to provide women with instruction in social and behavioral sciences. The college is now coeducational. Enrollment exceeds 700. The Claremont Graduate School, founded in 1925, offers a broad range of master's and doctoral degree programs in humanities, management, education, information science, psychology, politics and economics, botany, and mathematics. The school enrolls approximately 1,800 students.