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As a graduate of Wellesley College, I thought going to a women's college was about receiving an excellent education at an institution that's mission is to promote gender equality. Now a Wesleyan undergrad has opened my eyes to the horrors of single-sex education. How could I have failed to notice my fellow students "almost literally screaming 'Death to the Patriarchy!' all day, every day," and the "bloody tampons strewn all over the bathroom floor"? Unless of course, these are just ridiculous generalizations from someone who's unhappy with her personal experience at a women's college. More »
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A story in today's International Herald Tribune discusses the fate of women's colleges in this country. Specifically: Bryn Mawr, Barnard, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley and Smith. "In the 1960s," writes Tamar Lewin, "there were some 300 women's colleges in the United States; now there are fewer than 60." Sure, these schools boast accomplished alumnae like Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Emily Dickinson, Diane Sawyer, Katharine Hepburn and Madeleine Albright. But most American high school girls never consider applying to a women's college. However: There are a record number of high-achieving applicants, thanks to a recruitment effort by the admissions deans of these schools. The deans went where single-sex education isn't so weird: The Middle East. But! It's not always an easy fit: More »
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