Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University confirmed exclusive, nonbinding negotiations over a potential partnership that could make CGU a legal subsidiary of Pomona while preserving CGU’s name, mission and degree‑granting authority. The institutions said they began confidential talks in late spring and moved to exclusivity in December, with a definitive agreement targeted within six months. CGU seeks a partner to respond to financial, demographic and technological pressures; Pomona says its undergraduate liberal arts mission will remain intact. If completed, the transaction would represent a notable consolidation within the Claremont Colleges consortium and could serve as a model for mission‑aligned collaborations to stabilize small graduate institutions.