Welcome to the Dreier Roundtable

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Dreier Roundtable at
Claremont McKenna College

Hon. David Dreier ’75

Former Congressman David Dreier ’75 shares his excitement launching the Dreier Roundtable at Claremont McKenna College, his alma mater. The Dreier Roundtable is an integral part of fulfilling CMC’s unique role as a leading institution for leadership in business and government.

Meet the Fellows

The Dreier Roundtable is proud to present the DRt fellows here for the upcoming academic year of 2025.

Group photo of the inagural student fellows of the DRT

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Dreier Roundtable Civility Award

KNBC-TV political reporter Conan Nolan interviews former Congressman David Dreier ’75 and Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) at CMC during the 2024 Dreier RoundTable Civility Award ceremony.

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Ford, Civility, and Public Service

by jpitney | Aug 27, 2025 | Civic Education, Civility, Public Service

Kyle Mitchell at WOOD-TV A new $12 million initiative launched by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation is looking to expand civic engagement and education. The Ford50 campaign is looking to increase awareness and civility in politics at a time of great division...

Suppressing Debate About Israel

by jpitney | Aug 26, 2025 | Foreign Policy, Israel

Eric R. Mandel and CMC alum Betsy Berns Korn at The Jerusalem Post: Anti-Palestinian Racism is coming to America and a campus near you. But what is it, why now, and why is it so dangerous? APR is the latest evolution of anti-Zionism, rebranded in the language of civil...

Campus Climate

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,...