Are Women’s Colleges a Relic of the Past?

02Jun09

A recent op-ed from the Daily Hampshire Gazette, a local paper in Northampton, Mass., states that women’s colleges have no reason to exist anymore:
True, 150 years ago when women were excluded from male academies, colleges and universities, affirmative action was needed to create these special schools. We owe a debt of gratitude to women’s colleges [...]

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Mathematics Quickie

12Mar09

You’ve probably heard that Smith has a relatively new post-bac program at its Center for Mathematics. Here’s a great blog post by a professor at a large research university extolling the virtues of the program’s concept:
As a graduate advisor at a large university, I would be very interested in an applicant who had successfully completed [...]

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Tags: math, mathematics, same-sex education, smith college, women, women's colleges