Pomona College Students-Citing ‘Stress, Unhealthy Competition’-Demand School Delete Post Touting No. 1 Forbes Ranking

One might think students who attend a college ranked #1 by Forbes might be proud of that fact. But at Pomona College, many students thought their university’s happy reaction to the recent accomplishment was some sort of travesty.  A cohort of angry students at the small, private liberal arts college in Claremont, Calif., demanded administrators remove from their website a news release touting the recognition, decrying the promotion as pushing “stress, anxiety and unhealthy competition among students.”