Claremont McKenna College

The Dreier Roundtable at Claremont McKenna College is a multidisciplinary public policy program to attract, educate, and promote future leaders in public policy. The Roundtable has three primary goals: to provide a venue for discussion of public policy issues, to make a contribution to research in public policy, and to educate and train future policy leaders. This grant would support the Roundtable’s ongoing work, including the launch of a new "Madison Project" aimed at understanding and mitigating the current hyperpartisan, fragmented nature of policymaking in the United States. The Madison Project will include both an analysis of the roots of current polarization, resulting in an edited volume aimed at understanding the problem of polarization, and a policy lab to engage faculty and students to work with clients on real-world policy issues.

Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is among the nation’s top liberal arts colleges dedicated to integrating comprehensive policy analysis into the liberal arts. Since its founding in 1946, CMC has honored its idea of providing a rationally balanced education to prepare this generation of students for tomorrow’s world of affairs. This project grant will support the CMC Policy Lab, a central hub established in 2016 around which policy-related research, student scholarship opportunities, and curricular innovations will develop. The grant will allow CMC to build its capacity for experiential education in public policy over the next three years by hiring a new policy practitioner to the Policy Lab and expand its class offerings, research resources, and student involvement.

Claremont McKenna College (CMC) is among the nation’s top liberal arts colleges dedicated to integrating comprehensive policy analysis into the liberal arts. Since its founding in 1946, CMC has honored its idea of providing a rationally balanced education to prepare this generation of students for tomorrow’s world of affairs. This supplemental project grant will support the CMC Policy Lab, a central hub established in 2016 around which policy-related research, student scholarship opportunities, and curricular innovations will develop. The grant will enable CMC to continue building and publicizing its model of policy education over the next three years, while the college continues to seek institutional support to sustain this effort.