All Entries in the "Women’s Colleges" Category
Mary Baldwin College Seeks to Boost Minority Women in STEM Fields
The Advance Achievement for Minority Women in STEM will provide scholarships, research opportunities, and travel expenses for Black and other minority women so they can attend professional conferences and seminars.
Smith College Reports Its Financial House Is in Order
In an era when some women’s colleges have struggled financially, Smith College, the highly rated liberal arts institution for women in Northampton, Massachusetts, has issued its annual financial report that shows the college in good fiscal condition.
Spelman College “Suspends” the Cosby Endowed Professorship
On the heels of accusations of rape by nearly 20 women against Bill Cosby, Spelman College, a highly rated liberal arts educational institution for African American women in Atlanta, has removed the Cosby name from an endowed professorship.
Mississippi University for Women to Offer New Graduate Program in Creative Writing
The new master of fine arts degree in creative writing is classified as a “low-residency” program. Students will attend a two-week on-campus program in late May or early June. Also students will be required to be on campus for short one-week residency programs held at different times of the year.
Scripps College Issues New Policy on Transgender Admissions
Scripps College has joined several of its peer institutions in issuing a formal policy regarding transgender admissions. According to a statement, “the college is committed to an ongoing process of dialogue and education to build a more inclusive and unified community.”
Barnard College Debuts a New Digital Archive Documenting the College’s History
The digital archive includes a collection of photographs depicting people and events at Barnard and the surrounding community. Also includes are digitized versions of the student newspaper and the annual Barnard College yearbook.
The New President of Cottey College in Missouri
At the current time, Dr. Doris A. Tegert is executive vice president and provost at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky. She will take office at Cottey College in the summer of 2015.
New Book Explores the History of the First Women’s College in Kansas
The story of the first women’s college in Kansas is detailed in the new book Marymount College of Kansas: A History (The History Press, 2014). It is authored by Pat E. Ackerman, an associate professor of language arts and graduate director at Kansas State University-Salina.
Meredith College Reports Record Fundraising and Enrollment Success
In an era when many women’s colleges are struggling to maintain enrollments and battling budget problems Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina, reports good news on both fronts.
Tuck Bridge Program for Business Expands to the Campus of Smith College
The Smith-Tuck Bridge Program, held at Smith College and taught by faculty of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, will be a three-week course of study with the goal of increasing the number of women who pursue careers in business.
Simmons College Issues a Formal New Policy on Transgender Applicants
Simmons College, founded in 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts, enrolls more than 4,600 women undergraduate students. Now, following in the footsteps of some other women’s colleges, Simmons has formalized a new policy that redefines who is eligible for admission.
Mount Holyoke College Establishes Mentoring Program for First-Year Computer Science Students
The computer science department at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, has established the new Gigas and Megas mentoring program that matches juniors and seniors in the department with first year students.
Two Women’s Colleges Receive First in the World Program Grants
The Department of Education selected 24 programs and is providing $75 million in funding for grants designed to increase college access for more Americans or to reduce costs. Among the first recipients of the grants are Bay Path University and Bryn Mawr College.
Mississippi University for Women Reports Increase in Enrollments
The Mississippi University for Women has been coeducational since 1982. This year men make up 19 percent of the total enrollments, up from 18 percent a year ago and 17 percent in 2012.
St. Mary’s College Establishes a New Major in Women’s and Gender Studies
St. Mary’s College, founded in 1844, is located across the street from the University of Notre Dame. St Mary’s students can take classes at Notre Dame. All 1,500 students at the college are women. The college has offered a minor degree program in women’s studies since 1985.
Mount Holyoke College Will Consider Admission of Any Individual Who Self-Identifies as a Woman
Mount Holyoke College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts, announced a new policy which will allow for the admission of any individual who self-identifies as a woman.
The First Men Take Up Residence at Wilson College
Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, was founded in 1869 as a college for women. This month, the first male students took up residence on the Wilson College campus.
Bryn Mawr College Adopts Test-Optional Admissions Policy
Beginning with the admissions cycle for students entering in the fall of 2015, students applying to Bryn Mawr will not be required to submit scores from either the SAT or ACT college entrance examinations.
Bryn Mawr College to Offer New Major in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bryn Mawr College, the highly rated liberals arts college for women in Pennsylvania, has announced that it will offer a new major in biochemistry and molecular biology. The new degree program will begin this fall.
Smith College Ending Its Graduate Program in the Education of the Deaf
Smith College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in Northampton, Massachusetts, has announced that it discontinuing its master’s degree programs in the education for the deaf. Since its founding in 1962, the Smith program has graduated more than 1,500 students.
Bay Path College Is Now a University
The 117-year-old educational institution for women in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, enrolls about 1,500 undergraduate students and more than 800 graduate students, according to the latest U.S. Department of Education statistics.
Beverly Daniel Tatum Stepping Down as President of Spelman College Next June
President Tatum has led Spelman College since 2002. Previously she was a professor of psychology and dean of the college at Mount Holyoke College. Dr. Tatum expressed her wish to return to her research and writing.
Texas Woman’s University to Offer New Doctoral Program in Occupational Therapy
Most of the course offerings in the clinical doctor of occupational therapy program will be online with students required to make one or two visits to campus each semester. Applications are being accepted for this fall.
Smith College’s Exercise and Sports Studies Graduate Program Receives Highest Ranking
Smith College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in Northampton, Massachusetts, is only the second educational institution in the nation to receive a Level 5 rating from the National Council for Accreditation of Coaching Education.
Mississippi University for Women to Give In-State Tuition to Some Outsiders
The university has received approval to offer in-state tuition rates to students (either male or female) from the neighboring states of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee. In-state students pay $5,640 for tuition compared to $15,360 for those from outside Mississippi.
College of St. Mary Has a Dormitory Just for Single Mothers
The new dorm has space for 48 mothers who can each have two children under the age of 10. Madonna Hall features suites with four bedrooms so single mothers can share the space with a roommate and her children.
Mount Holyoke College Institutes New Course Requirements
Mount Holyoke College students must now take a first-year seminar. They must also take at least one course in the humanities division, one course in mathematics or science, and one language course other than English.
Wellesley College Adopts Pass/No Pass Grading System for Students’ First Semester on Campus
Students will receive either a Pass or No Pass grade for all their courses. They will also receive notification of the letter grade they would have received under the old system. But these grades will not be included on their official transcript.
Simmons College to Offer Online Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Programs in Nursing
Simmons College in Boston, whose undergraduate on-campus degree programs are exclusively for women, will now offer online bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in nursing.
Smith College Commencement Speaker Withdraws After Protests
Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund has decided not to give the commencement address at Smith College. A faculty/student petition charged that the IMF is a “corrupt system” that was complicit in the oppression and abuse of women around the world.
Sweet Briar College President to Lead the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Jo Ellen Parker was named the 10th president of Sweet Briar College in 2009. In August she will become president of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh which reach nearly 1.3 million per year through museum visits, educational programs, and special events.
Bay Path College to Establish an Online Higher Education Institution for Women
Carol Leary, president of Bay Path College, a liberal arts college for women in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, has announced the establishment of an online institution for higher learning designed exclusively for women. New master’s degree programs will also be offered at Bay Path College.
Another Women’s College Decides to Admit Men
The board of trustees of Chatham University in Pittsburgh has voted to admit men to its undergraduate programs for the first time. Men will be permitted to enroll in undergraduate programs in the fall of 2015.
New Technology for Teacher Training Comes to Texas Woman’s University
Texas Woman’s University is one of only 40 educational institutions in the nation using TeachLivE, an interactive computer-simulated classroom where teacher education students interact with “virtual” children.
College of Saint Benedict Names Mary Hinton President
Dr. Hinton currently serves as vice president for academic affairs at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York. Earlier in her career, she was associate vice president for academic affairs at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania.
