Pitzer College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. One of the Claremont Colleges, the college has a curricular emphasis on the social sciences, behavioral sciences, international programs, and media studies. Pitzer is known for its social justice culture and experimental pedagogical approach.
The Rodman Arboretum surrounds the Grove House at Pitzer College.
Brant Clock Tower
Pitzer students protest the firing of three dining hall workers for supporting union organizing.
A Pomona-Pitzer football game
Liberal arts colleges in the United States
Liberal arts colleges in the United States are undergraduate institutions of higher education in the United States that focus on a liberal arts education. The Encyclopædia Britannica Concise defines liberal arts as a "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum". Generally, a full-time, four-year course of study at a liberal arts college leads students to earning the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science.
Pomona College, a liberal arts college in Claremont, California
Bates College, the first coeducational liberal arts college in New England, and one of the first to dismiss the ACT/SAT requirement
Sarah Lawrence College dismissed their standardized test scores requirements in the early 2000s.