Partnership Timeline

Fall 2026 and Beyond

• Regulatory review (WSCUC, Department of Education).
• Academic and administrative integration planning and co-creation.
• Multi-year transition period.

January 2026 – Fall 2026

• Both communities explore what the partnership should look like and the basis and principles upon which explorations should proceed.
• Faculty and staff from both campuses engage in joint, facilitated explorations of the partnership and a co-created vision for the future.
• Negotiation of terms, including:
  • Nature of relationship
  • Governance structure
  • Academic coordination/integration
  • Operational coordination/integration
  • Financial terms
  • Communications plan and outward-facing documents
• Signing of definitive Transaction Agreement and entry into legally binding partnership.

December 2025

• New Models Committee and Tyton each provide the CGU Trustees with a unanimous recommendation for an exclusive partner for
• CGU and Pomona sign a non-binding MOU to enter into exclusive partnership negotiations.
• Announcement to the CGU community.

Fall 2025

• New Models Committee and Tyton Partners provide CGU Trustees with an aligned recommendation regarding CGU’s priority partners.
• Tyton Partners solicits non-binding Letters of Intent from the selected priority partners.
• Based on Letters of Intent received, New Models Committee assesses the preferred partner for exclusive negotiations.

Spring – Summer 2025

• Interested institutions submit formal Indications of Interest in writing.
• Administrative teams explore and discuss in confidence possible partnerships.
• New Models Committee begins evaluating potential partners using the rubric.
• Active due diligence (“quiet period”), meaning:
  • Potential partner institutions review CGU’s finances, academics, operations, enrollment, facilities, etc.
  • Their identities remain confidential.

Early 2025 (January-March)

• Tyton begins outreach to over 100 potential partners.
• CGU/Tyton invites written Indications of Interest from potential partners.
• List narrows to about a dozen serious prospects.

Fall 2024

• Committee develops a partnership evaluation rubric with input from faculty and staff.
• Confidential Information Memorandum developed on Claremont Graduate University, to be shared confidentially with potential partners.

July 2024

• CGU hires Tyton Partners — experts in academic partnerships.

January – April 2024

• Committee explores new business models and evaluates CGU’s strengths and needs.
• Determination: CGU likely needs a strategic partner.
• Board of Trustees authorizes hiring external consultants.

Late 2023

• CGU leadership concludes that financial shortfalls cannot be resolved through traditional methods alone.
• Formation of the New Models for a Sustainable CGU Committee.