“Hiram E. Chodosh is the president of Claremont McKenna College, one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country. President Chodosh is widely recognized for his innovations and accomplishments in both higher education and institutional legal reform with a focus on the structural improvement of emerging legal systems. 

Under President Chodosh’s leadership, Claremont McKenna has excelled across several important domains, including dramatic results in access and affordability, low debt, expanded experiential and advanced research programs, strong post-graduate outcomes, and the financial strength of the institution. Claremont McKenna has also been recognized nationally for its commitments to freedom of expression and the high quality of an integrated student life and rigorous academic experience, including a top-ten NCAA Division III student-athletics program that has produced eight national championships since 2016.

In June 2023, Claremont McKenna concluded a record-breaking, nearly $1.1B Campaign for CMC: Responsible Leadership, surpassing the previous high mark of $707M for liberal arts colleges. As part of its campaign and with an eye on the future of higher education, Claremont McKenna launched a $400M project to build scientific and quantitative fluency for all students in the form of a revolutionary undergraduate program. This vision has produced the new Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences, with a commitment to hire 25 world-class teacher-scholars to be housed in a $170M Bjarke Ingles-designed, iconic facility, the Robert Day Sciences Center, set to open in early 2025. Claremont McKenna has also doubled its campus footprint and advanced the implementation of its master plan through the new Roberts Campus. The College has developed a long-term capital strategy and been ranked first in the nation for financial strength and one of the top liberal arts colleges for return on investment by Forbes.

Additionally, Claremont McKenna has achieved sustained increases in the recruitment and success of students who are first in their families to go to college or come from families in the lowest quartile in U.S. family income. In 2022, students receiving federal Pell grants achieved a 100 percent graduation rate. More generally, students supported with financial aid are recording post-graduate salaries that place Claremont McKenna first or second among liberal arts institutions. Based on many of these measures and outcomes, The Wall Street Journal recently ranked Claremont McKenna 9th overall among all U.S. colleges and universities.

Claremont McKenna is also a recognized leader in freedom of expression, a strength based in its Open Academy, a nationally recognized, institution-wide commitment to freedom of expression, viewpoint diversity, and constructive dialogue. In 2019, Heterodox Academy awarded the College its institutional excellence award for promoting open inquiry. President Chodosh has also played an important leadership role in a national collaboration on civic preparedness with the Institute for Citizens and Scholars.”