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Claremont Colleges

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The Claremont Colleges are an American consortium of five undergraduate and two graduate schools of higher education located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles and west of downtown San Bernardino. [1]

93 relations: Alternative school, Asian Americans, Barnard College, Behavioural sciences, Biology, Biotechnology, Botany, California, Chicano, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont Lincoln University, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California, Collegiate university, Community health, Community radio, Computational biology, Computer science, Consortium, Curriculum, Downtown San Bernardino, Economics, Ecosystem, Education, Ellen Browning Scripps, Engineering, European Union, Field hockey, Five College Consortium, Forbes, Global health, Graduate school, Harvey Mudd College, Humanities, Information system, Information technology, Interdisciplinarity, International relations, James A. Blaisdell, Keck Graduate Institute, KSPC, Lacrosse, Latino, Liberal arts colleges in the United States, Library, Los Angeles, Management, Massachusetts, Mathematical sciences, ..., Mathematics, Max Brooks, Media studies, Medical research, Minerva Project, Minerva Schools at KGI, Mixed-sex education, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Natural science, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, Organizational studies, Outline of physical science, Pennsylvania, Pitzer College, Policy, Political science, Pomona College, Psychology, Religion, Robert Day School, Robert J. Bernard Field Station, Roller hockey, Rugby union, San Bernardino, California, Scripps College, Senior management, Social justice, Social responsibility, Social science, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Stanford University, The arts, The Student Life, Tri-College Consortium, U.S. News & World Report, Ultimate (sport), University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Southern California, Women's colleges in the United States, Women's studies, World War Z. Expand index (43 more) »

Alternative school

An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent.

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Barnard College

Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college in New York City, New York, United States.

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Behavioural sciences

The term behavioral sciences encompasses the various disciplines that explores the cognitive processes within organisms and the behavioural interactions between organisms in the natural world.

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Biology

Biology is the natural science that studies life and living organisms, including their physical structure, chemical composition, function, development and evolution.

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Biotechnology

Biotechnology is the broad area of science involving living systems and organisms to develop or make products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use" (UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Art. 2).

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Chicano

Chicano or Chicana (also spelled Xicano or Xicana) is a chosen identity of some Mexican Americans in the United States.

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Claremont Graduate University

Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is a private, all-graduate research university located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles.

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Claremont Lincoln University

Claremont Lincoln University (CLU) is non-profit, regionally accredited online graduate university offering master's degrees in Social Impact, Interfaith Action and Organizational Leadership with concentrations in Civic Engagement, Ethics, Healthcare and Human Resources.

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Claremont McKenna College

Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is a coeducational, private liberal arts college in Claremont, California, United States, with a curricular emphasis on economics, finance, international relations, government and public affairs.

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Claremont School of Theology

Claremont School of Theology (CST) is a graduate school located in Claremont, California, offering Master of Art, Masters of Divinity, Doctorate of Ministry and Ph.D. degrees in religion and theology.

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Claremont, California

Claremont is a city on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, California, United States, east of downtown Los Angeles.

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Collegiate university

A collegiate university is a university in which functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges.

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Community health

Community health is a major field of study within the medical and clinical sciences which focuses on the maintenance, protection, and improvement of the health status of population groups and communities.

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Community radio

Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting.

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Computational biology

Computational biology involves the development and application of data-analytical and theoretical methods, mathematical modeling and computational simulation techniques to the study of biological, behavioral, and social systems.

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Computer science

Computer science deals with the theoretical foundations of information and computation, together with practical techniques for the implementation and application of these foundations.

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Consortium

A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal.

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Curriculum

In education, a curriculum (plural: curricula or curriculums) is broadly defined as the totality of student experiences that occur in the educational process.

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Downtown San Bernardino

Downtown San Bernardino is a district in the city of San Bernardino, California, in San Bernardino County, United States.

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Economics

Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a community made up of living organisms and nonliving components such as air, water, and mineral soil.

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Education

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.

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Ellen Browning Scripps

Ellen Browning Scripps (October 18, 1836 – August 3, 1932) was an American journalist and philanthropist who was the founding donor of several major institutions in Southern California.

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Engineering

Engineering is the creative application of science, mathematical methods, and empirical evidence to the innovation, design, construction, operation and maintenance of structures, machines, materials, devices, systems, processes, and organizations.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Field hockey

Field hockey is a team game of the hockey family.

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Five College Consortium

The Five College Consortium comprises four liberal arts colleges and one university in the Connecticut River Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts.

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Forbes

Forbes is an American business magazine.

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Global health

Global health is the health of populations in the global context; it has been defined as "the area of study, research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide".

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Graduate school

A graduate school (sometimes shortened as grad school) is a school that awards advanced academic degrees (i.e. master's and doctoral degrees) with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate (bachelor's) degree with a high grade point average.

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Harvey Mudd College

Harvey Mudd College (HMC) is a private residential liberal arts college in Claremont, California.

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Humanities

Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture.

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Information system

An information system (IS) is an organized system for the collection, organization, storage and communication of information.

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Information technology

Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data, or information, often in the context of a business or other enterprise.

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Interdisciplinarity

Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combining of two or more academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project).

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International relations

International relations (IR) or international affairs (IA) — commonly also referred to as international studies (IS) or global studies (GS) — is the study of interconnectedness of politics, economics and law on a global level.

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James A. Blaisdell

James Arnold Blaisdell (1867–1957) was a minister, theologian and most notably the third president of Pomona College (1910–1927) and founder and “Head Fellow” of the Claremont Colleges (1927–1935).

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Keck Graduate Institute

Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) is a private graduate school in Claremont, California.

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KSPC

KSPC is a non-commercial college and community radio station based in Claremont, California, US broadcasting at 88.7 MHz on the FM band and streaming online.

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Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball.

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Latino

Latino is a term often used in the United States to refer to people with cultural ties to Latin America, in contrast to Hispanic which is a demonym that includes Spaniards and other speakers of the Spanish language.

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Liberal arts colleges in the United States

Liberal arts colleges in the United States are certain undergraduate institutions of higher education in the United States.

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Library

A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Management

Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a not-for-profit organization, or government body.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Mathematical sciences

The mathematical sciences are a group of areas of study that includes, in addition to mathematics, those academic disciplines that are primarily mathematical in nature but may not be universally considered subfields of mathematics proper.

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Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.

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Max Brooks

Maximillian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972) is an American author.

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Media studies

Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media.

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Medical research

Biomedical research (or experimental medicine) encompasses a wide array of research, extending from "basic research" (also called bench science or bench research), – involving fundamental scientific principles that may apply to a ''preclinical'' understanding – to clinical research, which involves studies of people who may be subjects in clinical trials.

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Minerva Project

The Minerva Project is a for-profit educational organization that provides technology, infrastructure and support services for the Minerva Schools at KGI, a four-year undergraduate program created by the Minerva Project and Keck Graduate Institute.

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Minerva Schools at KGI

The Minerva Schools at KGI is a university program that was founded in partnership between the Minerva Project and Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), a member of the Claremont University Consortium.

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Mixed-sex education

Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions and conferences.

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Natural science

Natural science is a branch of science concerned with the description, prediction, and understanding of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation.

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NCAA Division II

Division II is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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NCAA Division III

Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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Organizational studies

Organizational studies is "the examination of how individuals construct organizational structures, processes, and practices and how these, in turn, shape social relations and create institutions that ultimately influence people", organizational studies comprise different areas that deal with the different aspects of the organizations, many of the approaches are functionalist but critical research also provide alternative frame for understanding in the field.

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Outline of physical science

Physical science is a branch of natural science that studies non-living systems, in contrast to life science.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Pitzer College

Pitzer College is a private residential liberal arts college located in Claremont, California, United States.

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Policy

A policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes.

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Political science

Political science is a social science which deals with systems of governance, and the analysis of political activities, political thoughts, and political behavior.

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Pomona College

Pomona College is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Claremont, California, United States.

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Psychology

Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought.

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Religion

Religion may be defined as a cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, world views, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements.

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Robert Day School

The Robert Day School of Economics and Finance (RDS) at Claremont McKenna College is an economics school, and the only graduate program at Claremont McKenna College.

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Robert J. Bernard Field Station

The 85 acre Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station (BFS) is located on the north side of Foothill Boulevard between College Avenue and Mills Avenue in Claremont, California.

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Roller hockey

Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using wheeled skates.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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San Bernardino, California

San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan area (sometimes called the "Inland Empire").

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Scripps College

Scripps College is a liberal arts women's college founded in 1926 in Claremont, California, United States, with an enrollment of 989 students as of 2017.

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Senior management

Senior management, executive management, or a management team is generally a team of individuals at the highest level of management of an organization who have the day-to-day tasks of managing that organization — sometimes a company or a corporation.

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Social justice

Social justice is a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society.

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Social responsibility

Social responsibility is an ethical framework and suggests that an entity, be it an organization or individual, has an obligation to act for the benefit of society at large.

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Social science

Social science is a major category of academic disciplines, concerned with society and the relationships among individuals within a society.

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Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

The Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) is a college athletic conference that operates in the NCAA's Division III.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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The arts

The arts refers to the theory and physical expression of creativity found in human societies and cultures.

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The Student Life

The Student Life is a student newspaper covering the Claremont Colleges (5C's), a consortium of liberal arts schools in Claremont, California.

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Tri-College Consortium

The Tri-College Consortium (also known as the Tri-Co) is a collaboration among three private liberal arts colleges in the Philadelphia suburbs: Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College.

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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is an American media company that publishes news, opinion, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

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Ultimate (sport)

Ultimate, originally known as Ultimate frisbee, is a non-contact team sport played with a flying disc (frisbee).

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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University of Southern California

The University of Southern California (USC or SC) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California.

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Women's colleges in the United States

Women's colleges in the United States are single-sex U.S. institutions of higher education that only admit female students.

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Women's studies

Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods in order to place women’s lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppression; and the relationships between power and gender as they intersect with other identities and social locations such as race, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and disability.

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World War Z

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War is a 2006 apocalyptic horror novel written by American author Max Brooks.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claremont_Colleges

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