Introduction of coeducation at all-female college angers alumnae

Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2014-06-23 01:08

Article here. Excerpt:

'No men allowed.

That’s the message women’s colleges across the country send to college applicants -- and alumnae want to keep it that way.

“Every high school graduate, female and male, should have the option of attending a single-sex college if he or she wishes,” Gretchen Van Ness, a representative of Wilson College Women said.

Wilson College, a private liberal arts college located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, has been an all-women's institution since it was founded over 140 years ago.

But that changed last fall when the administration admitted its first undergraduate male students, sparking debate between the school’s leadership and alumnae.

“In abandoning Wilson College’s core mission as a women’s college and morphing it into a coeducational institution without approval of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, we believe (Wilson College) President Barbara Mistick and the Board of Trustees have failed generations of alumnae and future students who would benefit from a Wilson education,” Van Ness said.'

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... a recently-former-women's-college that in so doing they risk their freedom and reputations with a single false accusation?

Maybe so, maybe not; my guess is not. But since the same goes for co-ed colleges that have even a 50:50 ratio of male:female students, it may not matter anyway. Still, while a lot of young guys may look at this as a chance to be like the proverbial kid in a candy shop, they undoubtedly discover pretty early on that things aren't quite that simple.

Oh yeah, one more thing: "Diversity" is great, so long as it doesn't mean "we need more men here."

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2014-06-23 05:12