Sweet Briar College has launched a new center of excellence to facilitate business and entrepreneurship programming for students. Lauren Townsend, who most recently served as director of engagement at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, will lead the women's college's new initiative.
Wellesley College in Massachusetts is the top women's college and the 10th best liberal arts college in the United States, according to U.S. News and World Report. Barnard College and Smith College were included in the country's top 25 liberal arts colleges.
The Wellesley Tuition Promise, which guarantees a tuition-free education for families with annual incomes less than $200,000, will apply automatically to all first-year and transfer students who are admitted to Wellesley, as well as returning students, beginning in the Fall 2027 semester.
Over the past year, 27 faculty members have departed Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. Among these exiting faculty are 11 professors who took advantage of a recent early retirement buyout program, which allowed the women's college to better "align academic offerings with changing student needs."
“Employers are actively seeking women engineers, and we sit in a region rich with industry partners,” said Provost Angela Bauer. “A woman-focused learning environment, combined with natural synergies across our existing academic programs, gives TWU an opportunity no other institution in Texas can claim.”
"Done well, simulation doesn't just teach skills. It shapes safer, more thoughtful clinicians," said Dr. Fogg, an associate professor and assistant dean at the Texas Woman's University College of Nursing. "When it's interprofessional, it prepares them to work as part of the collaborative healthcare teams patients depend on."
Bryn Mawr College has renamed its master of social services degree to a master of social work degree. The name change aims to better align the degree with standard terminology used in the social work profession.
