Presidential Search Committee

Announcement of Presidential Search

Claremont Graduate University Claremont, California

Leadership for a New Century

The Board of Trustees of Claremont Graduate University (CGU) seeks candidates for the role of university president and invites expressions of interest regarding this leadership opportunity at a graduate-only institution at the prestigious Claremont Colleges located in Southern California. Founded in 1925, CGU combines the attributes of a small liberal arts college with research university faculty and degree oferings. We enroll more than 2,000 students in graduate education and research. Students pursue advanced degrees in seven schools in a setting that is intimate, interdisciplinary, and engaged with the world.

With this prospectus, the Search Committee seeks to provide nominators and potential candidates with information about the University, its presidency, and participation in the search.

The permanent appointee will be expected to begin work prior to the beginning of the Fall 2018 term.

Claremont Graduate University | Presidential Search 1 2 Presidential Search | Claremont Graduate University About the University

History and Mission Now in its 92nd year, Claremont Graduate University was founded on the premise that education thrives where students and faculty closely engage in scholarship and research on a level that encourages broad-ranging conversation and collaboration. Founding President James Blaisdell was an academic visionary and theologian who saw “great conversation” and intimate intellectual engagement as the heart of the University’s identity. The University thrives on a mission and tradition of inquiry and research across disciplines to address significant social issues The University’s with academic rigor. The University pursues this goal with a human-centered approach in an intimate, student-focused Distinctive Values environment that highlights both theoretical and applied n Committing to personalization learning and research. This pursuit and these tactics are and human scale essential to the institution’s goal of preparing a diverse group of outstanding individuals to assume leadership roles through n Striving for an ever more research, teaching, and practice in select fields and to address customizable, creative, and some of humanity’s thorniest problems. responsive curriculum n Emphasizing a A Member of a Unique Group in US Higher Education transdisciplinary focus in Claremont Graduate University belongs to The Claremont research and teaching Colleges, seven world-class member institutions that form n Engaging in research that is one unique center of learning in southern California. The both applied and theoretical group includes five highly-ranked undergraduate liberal arts colleges and two pathfinding graduate-level institutions. The Claremont Colleges is modeled after Oxford and Cambridge. The seven independent institutions are situated within a square mile and all ofer rigorous curricula, small classes, distinguished professors, and personalized instruction in a vibrant, residential college community.

A Transdisciplinary Focus Claremont Graduate University is the only research-intensive university in the nation devoted entirely to graduate-level liberal arts education. CGU conducts instruction and research in small classes, seminars, and in the field. The University encourages close scholarly relationships between students and faculty. Recognizing that many contemporary problems require contributions across multiple disciplines, CGU was an early adopter of transdisciplinary education and research. At CGU, transdisciplinarity is defined as working around a complex problem important to society, inclusion of diverse stakeholders working together, and re-framing a resolution of that problem.

Claremont Graduate University | Presidential Search 3 Research: Breadth and Impact control negotiator Ronald F. Lehman, Claremont Graduate University’s Cisco Systems co-founder Sandy The Claremont Colleges has a most distinctive strength resides Lerner, biblical scholar Marvin Meyer, service arm that is the central in its unique culture. Like other journalist Suzanne Muchnic, former coordinating and support graduate institutions, the University US Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill, organization for the seven educates leaders, scholars, and former Jack in the Box COO Paul L. institutions. It provides vital experts and creates new knowledge Schultz, science writer and Skeptics services and programs for through research. But CGU’s scale Society founder Michael Shermer, and The Claremont Colleges and and transdisciplinary model enable acclaimed installation artist James operates the programs and a distinctive approach that produces Turrell, among many others. central facilities on behalf outsized impacts within the University, of the member colleges. across the Claremont Colleges, and— The Claremont Colleges That service arm has 300 most important—out in the world. The Claremont Colleges include five employees and a well- managed budget of more Research and scholarly activity at CGU undergraduate and two graduate than $47 million to assist are high, with the University generat- institutions. Pomona College the member colleges and ing a prodigious intellectual footprint (established in 1887) was followed by universities. It has become relative to its size. Members of the CGU the founding of Claremont Graduate a national model for a faculty produce and apply knowledge University, known previously as consortium framework for across all of the scholarly disciplines Claremont Graduate School (1925), delivering academic, student, represented in its schools and depart- Scripps College (1926), Claremont and institutional support ments, collaborate with colleagues McKenna College (1946), Harvey Mudd services such as campus around the globe, and actively mentor College (1955), Pitzer College (1963), safety, interfaith chaplains, students on research projects. External and the Keck Graduate Institute of bookstores, student centers, funding such as federal research Applied Life Sciences (1997). minority afairs centers, grants, foundation grants, and public The Claremont Colleges model, unique payroll and accounting, real and private contracts supports much in the United States, provides numer- estate and housing, risk of this work. Over the last decade, CGU ous resources for CGU students. The management, and health has averaged $8 million per year in Claremont Colleges enroll more than and wellness. sponsored research—from the Bill and 6,300 full-time students. The com- Melinda Gates Foundation, National bined faculty consists of nearly 700 Institutes of Health, National Science professors, with approximately 1,600 Foundation, National Cancer Institute, staf and support personnel. Presently and more. more than 2,000 courses are ofered to students attending the colleges. Notable CGU Alumni The Claremont Colleges library CGU boasts more than 22,000 alumni, collection ranks third among the including college and university private institutions in California, behind presidents, members of Congress, only Stanford and USC, and it is clearly MacArthur fellows, presidents of major larger than any one of the schools corporations, artists, educators, faculty could aford to own on its own. Pooling members, managers, and high-ranking of resources and cooperation help government ofcials. to realize President Blaisdell’s dream Notable alumni include former of creating in Claremont groups of Congressman David Dreier, “primal institutions with the resources of a therapy” psychologist Arthur Janov, major university and the intimacy of a political analyst and commentator small college setting. Sherry Bebitch Jefe, ESPN broadcast- er Bomani Jones, former chief US arms

4 Presidential Search | Claremont Graduate University CGU BY THE NUMBERS Claremont Graduate University features a dedicated faculty engaged in cutting-edge research, and enrolls a diverse student body whose members bring to the classroom a wide range of experiences from across the country and around the globe.

Faculty

61% 86% 38% 136 Tenured Full Time Female CORE FACULTY

Student Body CGU ofers master’s degrees in more than 40 fields, doctoral degrees in more than 20 fields, and certificates in many fields.

61% 56% 36.2% 60.6% 9-1 Full Time Female Masters PhD STUDENT TO FACULTY RATIO

Student Body Diversity Breakdown Hispanic/Latinx: 13.8% Asian: 9.6% Unknown: 9.2% Black/African American: 6.3% Multiracial: 3.6% Pacific Islander/Hawaiian: <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native: <1% White: 33.7% International: 22.9%

Research AVERAGE YEARLY VALUE OF GRANT AWARDS $8 MILLION EXECUTED IN THE PAST DECADE.

Claremont Graduate University | Presidential Search 5 6 Presidential Search | Claremont Graduate University Schools and Signature Programs

The University comprises seven Economic Sciences, and International Art Center College of Design. The schools with a range of world- Studies are highly customizable, school features several research renowned, pioneering programs and resulting in unique programming centers, including the Executive Mind research centers (visit cgu.edu for in Global Commerce & Finance, Leadership Institute (which examines additional information): International Political Economy, the connection between management Analytical Politics, Public Policy & and mindfulness), the Center for The School of Social Science, Policy Evaluation, and more. DPE even Supply Chain & Logistics, the Center & Evaluation (SSSPE) engages ofers programs that let students for the Future of Organization, students in holistic, interdisciplinary further expand scholarship, such the Claremont Game Lab, and the scholarship to solve real-world as the MA in Politics, Economics & Drucker Customer Lab. The school problems and enhance society. SSSPE Business, designed in partnership also hosts Drucker Day, a signature houses two scholastic divisions with the renowned Drucker School of event that draws leading management devoted to this mission: the Division of Management. professionals and Drucker alumni from around the country. Behavioral & Organizational Sciences The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi (DBOS) and the Division of Politics & Ito Graduate School of Management The School of Arts & Humanities Economics (DPE). focuses on an approach to (SAH) The disciplines of Art, Music, The Division of Behavioral & management and organizational Applied Women’s Studies, Cultural Organizational Sciences (DBOS) efectiveness based on the principles Studies, English, History, Philosophy, is a national leader in applied of Peter Drucker, the “father of modern and Religion are taught in the School psychological science, preparing management theory,” who taught of Arts & Humanities, creating a unique graduates in theoretical and practical at the university for more than three educational environment designed psychology, evaluation, and human decades. The Drucker School prepares to promote disciplinary depth and resource scholarship to solve pressing leaders with powerful, ethical, and flexibility. In addition to discipline- challenges within increasingly diverse universal management skills, with a specific training, there are also five communities and organizations. focus on being globally minded and interdisciplinary concentrations— DBOS ofers master’s and doctoral socially conscious. Drucker students American Studies, Early Modern degrees in several areas of applied learn these skills in small classes taught Studies, Hemispheric & Transnational psychology, including Basic & Applied by internationally renowned professors Studies, Media Studies, and Museum Social Psychology, Organizational who have extensive professional Studies. The school’s devotion to Behavior, Evaluation & Applied experience and award-winning both theory and practice cultivates Research Methods, Applied Cognitive academic credentials. Drucker’s the skills and knowledge students Psychology, Positive Psychology, and programs—Management, MBA, need for a remarkable career. The Developmental Psychology. DBOS Executive MBA, Financial Engineering, Religion Department includes three is also home to the Quality of Life Art Business, and Arts Management— research centers: the Coptic Studies Research Center and Professor Mihaly are taught at locations in Claremont Council, Mormon Studies Council, Csikszentmihalyi, founder of the and Los Angeles, providing an and Zoroastrian Studies Council. psychological concept of “flow” and ideal setting for learning about The school is also the home of the co-director of the center. management while still networking 25-year-old Kingsley and Kate Tufts with L.A.’s business innovators, Poetry Awards, an elite literary prize The Division of Politics & Economics creative thinkers, technology leaders, that presents an annual $100,000 and (DPE) provides innovative research in the economic and political sciences, and others. $10,000 award to poets selected by a along with a strong commitment to The Drucker School is afliated panel of judges. transdisciplinary scholarship. Core with Sotheby’s Institute of Art, oferings in Politics & Government, Southwestern Law School, and

Claremont Graduate University | Presidential Search 7 The School of Community & Global room experience to prepare graduates and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Health (SCGH) is catalyzing a new for successful careers. SES alumni are IMS faculty conduct research in areas vision of how humankind conceptual- professionals from diverse cultures and ranging from machine learning to izes and promotes health that extends backgrounds who have gone on to be- bioinformatics to mathematical finance, far beyond the scope of traditional come members of Congress, university funded by the Simons Foundation, paradigms. SCGH programming con- presidents, professors, researchers, the Army Research Ofce, and the venes top minds from science, public superintendents, principals, vice princi- Department of Energy. IMS and the health, government, business, and the pals, and classroom teachers. mathematics departments of the other community to engage in creative prob- The Center for Information Systems Claremont Colleges constitute the lem solving that leads to innovations & Technology (CISAT) prepares Claremont Center for the Mathematical in health, well-being, and quality of professionals and educators to assume Sciences, one of the largest math- life. This experiential, transdisciplinary leadership positions in the field of ematical science communities in research aims to promote human Information Systems & Technology. California, with more than 60 faculty health and improve quality of life for With a strong grounding in software members spanning all areas of pure individuals, families, and communities. development, database systems, and applied mathematics. Scholars at SCGH examine the cellular, networking, and information systems genetic, individual, economic, political, and technology management, CISAT’s Other Programs and Institutes social, cultural, societal, and envi- curriculum provides research-infused In addition to the seven schools, CGU’s ronmental factors that contribute to instruction from faculty fully devoted program in Botany is conducted in health outcomes and their uneven dis- to IS&T scholarship and innovation. collaboration with Rancho Santa tribution within and between popula- CISAT’s distinctive curricular approach Ana Botanic Garden (RSABG), which tions. SCGH faculty rank in the top tier integrates relevant, cutting-edge provides most of the faculty and of federally-funded prevention science technical training with applied IS&T facilities resources required by the research programs per capita. The experience, educating graduates who program. The chair of the program is school’s philosophy is that graduate solve real problems for real people in the Director of Research at RSABG, training excellence starts with research business, health care, and more. and RSABG senior scientists hold excellence. Prevention science and CISAT features concentrations in faculty appointments at CGU. The training at SCGH is multi-disciplinary Geographic Information Systems, Data program enrolls 10 to 15 students and and requires collaborations with clin- Science, Cybersecurity & Networking, grants both master’s and doctoral ics, hospitals, businesses, community Health Informatics, and IT Strategy & degrees. Research conducted by organizations and academic institu- Innovation. students and faculty advances tions both locally and globally. The Institute of Mathematical knowledge of plant diversity in an The School of Educational Studies Sciences (IMS) trains new generations evolutionary context. (SES) ofers programs in Education of mathematical scientists for positions In addition to its academic programs, and Teacher Education and prepares in education, industry, and government CGU is home to the Drucker Institute, future educators for the unprece- laboratories. IMS ofers four master’s an externally facing social enterprise dented challenges facing today’s K–12 and three doctoral degree programs, founded by Peter Drucker whose and higher education climates. SES including joint PhD programs with mission is “strengthening organizations believes a socially just nation should the California State University system to strengthen society.” The institute educate all its citizenry through net- and a joint MS program in financial works across all three sectors of works of efective and accountable engineering with CGU’s Drucker School society and uses Drucker’s wisdom to organizations that interact responsibly of Management. IMS’s internationally help organizations move from ideas, to with families and communities. From recognized Engineering & Industrial action, to results. Claremont Graduate urban education to student afairs, Applied Mathematics Clinic provides University also houses the Getty educational policy to human develop- students with first-hand experience Leadership Institute, which provides ment, and quantitative evaluation to in solving significant mathematical educational opportunities designed teaching and learning, our programs problems for industry and government to enable current and future museum draw on dynamic instruction, multidis- clients, such as the Jet Propulsion leaders to navigate the field’s most ciplinary curricula, and hands-on class- Laboratory, Southern California Edison, pressing challenges and opportunities.

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10 Presidential Search | Claremont Graduate University The President’s House The next president of CGU and his/her family will have the opportunity to live at 709 Harvard Avenue in the President’s House, a gift to the university in 1971 from Miss Ela C. Sugg, a 1912 graduate of Pomona College. Located within walking distance of the Claremont Village, the house combines Old California low-roof lines with casual Georgian architecture and was completed in 1929. The President’s House Claremont, “City of Trees and PhDs” Claremont Graduate University is located in Claremont, California, 35 miles from Los Angeles. The city of Claremont consists of approximately 35,000 residents, and has a rich cultural, educational, and architectural heritage. Known for its award-winning urban forest, including oaks, jacaranda, sycamore, and gum trees, Claremont also contains 1,788 acres of public park land. In addition to The Claremont Colleges, the city of Claremont also Claremont Village boasts one of the top ranked school districts in Los Angeles County. With 300 days of sunshine and winter temperatures in the 60s, Claremont is often noted as one of the best places in the US to live. The Ontario International Airport is nearby, providing excellent air transportation service for the colleges. Other Los Angeles-area airports are also easily accessible. Southern California and Beyond Living in Claremont will put the next president of CGU within reasonable driving distance of many interesting destinations and activities, perfect for day trips or weekend getaways.

n Attend a concert in downtown Los Angeles (40 minutes away) n Sail in Newport Beach (60 minutes away) n Golf in Palm Springs (75 minutes away) n Ski in Big Bear (85 minutes away) n Sample wines in Santa Barbara (2 hours away) n Dine in San Diego (2 hours away) n Catch a show in Las Vegas (3.5 hours away) n Camp in Yosemite National Park (5 hours away) n Claremont Village Relax in San Francisco (6 hours away)

Claremont Graduate University | Presidential Search 11 1925 | 2025

12 Presidential Search | Claremont Graduate University 1925-2025: Centennial Milestone—Opportunities and Strategies

Working together over the past year, the campus community has begun to design a renewed vision for the University. A new Strategic Planning Committee of the Board of Trustees works with a Strategic Planning Committee at CGU led by the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Afairs and includes deans, key faculty, staf, and student representatives. These committees are crafting a unique “Point of View,” “ To pass on to the next articulating our value statement, establishing our guiding principles, and formulating and testing our strategic options. generation the accumulated In addition to developing a renewed vision for the riches of the past, to help University, Claremont Graduate University is in the process it wisely to reappraise and of developing online educational oferings that align with our mission and is investigating the possibility of adding reorganize this material a limited number of undergraduate classes leading to for future needs, and the completion of a bachelor’s degree combined with a graduate degree. to increase the flow of Claremont Graduate University recognizes that its rela- aspiration and the capacity tively small size creates advantages of intimacy and agility while also presenting challenges of scale and scope. The both for new discovery and University will continue to evolve its strategic vision to take for constructive action is advantage of its size by enhancing collaboration across the seven schools and across The Claremont Colleges, growing an incomparably important through expansion or acquisition, and creating partnerships undertaking. There can be that strengthen its capacity to advance knowledge with none greater.” impact beyond CGU. The University will continue to nurture the human capital of its world-class faculty. James Blaisdell, As a graduate-only University, CGU does not benefit from the economics of undergraduate instruction, and is founding president of CGU particularly mindful of the need to grow and balance the sources of its financial income among tuition, endowment, and research. As to the endowment, the outcomes of CGU’s efective strategic planning process have provided a strong foundation for a capital campaign that the University expects to launch in the near term. The University community is well aware that graduate education is undergoing sweeping change on national and global levels and recognizes that CGU must not simply adapt to the change, but also anticipate and shape it. The University is entering this new era with confidence that Claremont Graduate University will be a leader.

Claremont Graduate University | Presidential Search 13 Finances

Claremont Graduate University has an operating budget of approximately $53 million and an endowment of about $185 million. Student tuition and fees currently make up about 78% of the operating budget. Tuition varies by school and “ Leadership is the lifting of program but costs to students are in the upper ranges of tuition for peer institutions. Student loans are a burden for people’s vision to higher many of the students and the University desires to provide sights, the raising of their greater financial assistance to students in order to be com- petitive with other major graduate and research universities. performances to a higher The need for additional grants and a more robust endow- standard, the building of ment are clearly goals of the leadership. The University’s last capital campaign took place 17 years their personalities beyond ago and raised $40 million. CGU’s next ambitious cam- paign—The Centennial Campaign—is currently in the their normal limitations.” planning stages. The development and marketing/com- munications staf has increased in size and depth in order Peter Drucker to provide support for all the schools of the University. With the selection of a new President, the University will be poised to undertake this significant campaign with the trustees, the 22,000-member alumni base, and the many friends of CGU who have become involved in the rich variety of graduate oferings and research programs.

The Board of Trustees

With 25 members, the Board of Trustees has been strengthened and expanded over the past several years with the addition of seven new members. Some board members also serve on visiting and advisory boards of the various schools within CGU. The Board has also increased its eforts to raise funds, and is actively participating in the University’s strategic planning process. The process of choosing a new President has led to extensive engagement and cooperation with all the constituencies of the University. The Board of Trustees has been a major source of strength for the University since its founding and plans to play a vital role in its future development.

14 Presidential Search | Claremont Graduate University Claremont Graduate University | Presidential Search 15 Attributes of a New President

The new President will become part n The next president of CGU must n The next president of CGU must have of a highly-advanced educational be an innovative and experienced the demonstrated ability to develop community of scholars and professional with demonstrated an understanding of the cultural researchers and will need to provide efectiveness in leading a complex dynamics of the institution (students, leadership for a complex, exciting teaching and research institution. faculty, staf, administrators, institution with accomplished He/she will have demonstrated an trustees). scholars and alumni and potential for ability to lead a community of faculty n The next president of CGU must advancement. The University seeks a scholars and researchers, senior have experience working efectively leader who will provide stability and administrators, staf and work closely in collaborative, consortial and/ a long-term commitment to take full with Trustees. or multi-institutional professional/ advantage of CGU’s potential. It is n The next president of CGU will academic environments. preferred that the successful candidate have demonstrated experience possess an earned doctorate or other and definable achievements in OTHER ATTRIBUTES OF terminal degree with a strong record fundraising from multiple sources. LEADERSHIP NECESSARY of scholarship and teaching, and n The next president of CGU must have FOR GUIDING THE a proven history of executive level demonstrated experience in leading UNIVERSITY INCLUDE administrative experience in higher and overseeing the financial process- trustworthiness, firm ethical and education. While academic experience es of a complex organization, and moral standards, high integrity, (professional and administrative) is be able to instill fiscal responsibility commitment to transparency, strongly desired, exceptional candi- and discipline at a leadership level energy, strong interpersonal dates with nontraditional backgrounds throughout the institution. skills, patience, commitment to who have demonstrated a high degree n The next president of CGU will be diversity, confidence, creativity, of national or international success intellectually curious and ready to visionary drive, and efective in business, industry, nonprofit, or play an active role in positioning CGU communication skills. government will be considered. as a leader in higher education.

The Process of Candidacy

The Claremont Graduate University Alberto Pimentel, Managing Partner butes for a new President, a complete Presidential Search Committee will Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates resume or vita, and the names (with begin to evaluate the applicant pool 6512 Painter Avenue email addresses and phone numbers) immediately and applications will Whittier, CA 90601 of five professional references, none be accepted until the time that a of whom will be contacted without the Please submit to: new President is selected. The new formal permission of the candidate. [email protected] President is expected to begin work All application materials should be prior to the beginning of the Fall Refer to code “CGU-President” in the submitted electronically. 2018 term. subject line. Claremont Graduate University is com- Nominations, applications, and Applications should include a letter of mitted to providing equal educational expressions of interest will be treated candidacy that responds to the agen- and employment opportunity. in confidence and may be directed to: da for leadership and the desired attri-

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