Claremont : Pomona College Gets Grant

Pomona College is the only college in the West and one of 15 colleges nationwide chosen to receive a $480,000 grant that will create a new computer database to strengthen interdisciplinary studies.

The Pew Memorial Trust Liberal Arts Enrichment Program, which last year granted $45 million to encourage academic excellence, is designed to develop curriculum innovations that will be shared with other colleges and universities.

Thomas Martin, chairman of the Pomona College faculty committee for the program, said the grant will “provide intellectual leadership for students in an increasingly complex and interrelated world.”