by jpitney | Aug 25, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Higher Education, Race
Jon Shields at The Washington Monthly: A deeper problem than the campus climate, I suspect, is the curriculum itself, particularly in humanistic fields outside of economics and political science. I fear that the courses in many such disciplines are closing,...
by jpitney | Jun 25, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Journalism, Journalists
Claremont McKenna College alum Steve Grove has a new book from Simon and Schuster: Just after turning forty, Steve Grove left Silicon Valley as a Google executive to move to his home state of Minnesota with his wife and fellow tech exec, Mary Grove, and their...
by jpitney | Jun 10, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Journalism, Journalists
A list in progress (updated June 11, 2025) Nate Weisberg `24 — editor, Washington Monthly Chandler Presson `21— Interiors Market Editor, Modern Luxury Lery Hiciano `20 — staff writer, Taipei Times Blaise Malley `20 — freelance Torrey Hart `19 — newsletters...
by jpitney | May 28, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Journalism, Journalists
A NYT press release: We are thrilled to announce that Mike Shear, one of the great talents and pillars of the Washington bureau, is now a senior U.K. correspondent based in London. In his new role, he will take his boundless curiosity and drive for news across the...
by jpitney | May 12, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Free Speech, Higher Education
Henry Long at The Claremont Independent: A commencement speaker should embody the principles of the College, and Rushdie has done just that. CMC is neither a Christian college nor a Muslim one. It doesn’t stand for religious dogma or some vague notion of belonging....
by jpitney | May 9, 2025 | Claremont McKenna College, Journalism, Journalists, Uncategorized
A list in progress (updated May 10, 2025) Nate Weisberg `24 — editor, Washington Monthly Chandler Presson `21— Interiors Market Editor, Modern Luxury Lery Hiciano `20 — staff writer, Taipei Times Blaise Malley `20 — freelance Torrey Hart `19 — newsletters...
