by Joelle Rudolf | Special to the Courier

Pomona College’s December 10, 2025 settlement agreement resolving a U.S. Department of Civil Rights Title VI investigation indicated students should expect numerous policy changes beginning in spring 2026 designed to prevent further claims of antisemitism.

Now three weeks into the spring semester, Molly Chakery, Associated Students of Pomona College representative and sophomore class president, said ASPC has had limited communication with the school regarding any changes.

“Nobody in any authoritative position has come to ASPC and been like, ‘This is the training that you guys are going to have to do,’ or, ‘There will be training coming up that you’re going to have to do,’” Chakery said. “Nobody said anything at all.”

The settlement agreement states Pomona students, faculty and staff will be required to complete mandatory annual Title VI training to thoroughly explain “prohibited antisemitic harassment based on shared ancestry, ethnicity or national origin.”

The agreement also affirms the college will mandate “additional enhanced training” for members of ASPC, the judicial council, and the executive boards of Pomona’s registered student organizations. The settlement agreement lists aspects of antisemitic discrimination that will be outlined in the trainings, but includes no direct implementation or structuring guidelines.

“It could be an online module you kind of work through, something that’s required before registering for classes,” Chakery said. “Or, there’s also types of training where someone comes in and does workshops. We just have no idea what kind of training, if any, there would be.”

Chakery questioned the effectiveness of annual Title VI training.

“The consensus [within ASPC] is there’s so much turnover in student government — it’s different every year and every four years — so any training that would be implemented seems pretty ineffective just because it wouldn’t be very consistent,” she said.

Asked via email for a timeline on the trainings, Eric Abelev, chief communications officer at Pomona College said, “The training programs will be implemented this spring,” but provided no further details.

The settlement agreement also stipulated Pomona College will appoint a Title VI coordinator and create a Jewish life and antisemitism advisory council. Abelev said the school is working on these provisions as well, and anticipates an announcement sometime in the spring. “We will continue to update our campus community regularly as there are new developments to share,” he said.

Chakery said ASPC members will meet this week to discuss possible upcoming policy changes stemming from the settlement.

Joelle Rudolf is a sophomore writing and psychology student at Scripps College and is the managing editor of news and sports at the Claremont Colleges newspaper The Student Life.