Women's colleges
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Women's colleges in higher education are undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institutions, often liberal arts colleges, whose student populations are comprised exclusively or almost exclusively of women. Some women's colleges admit male students to their graduate schools or in smaller numbers to undergraduate programs, but all serve a primarily female student body.
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[edit] List of women's colleges
- See main article: List of current and historical women's universities and colleges
[edit] Women's colleges around the world
[edit] Women's colleges in Africa
[edit] Women's colleges in Asia
Ehwa Woman's University in South Korea.
[edit] Women's colleges in Europe
[edit] United Kingdom
- St Hilda's College, Oxford
- Previously St Anne's College, Oxford (became co-educational in 1979)
- New Hall, Cambridge
- Newnham College, Cambridge
- Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
- Previously Royal Holloway, University of London (became co-educational in 1965)
[edit] Women's colleges in the Middle East
[edit] Women's colleges in North America
[edit] United States
- See main article: Women's colleges in the United States
Women's colleges in the United States were primarly founded during the early 19th century. According to Irene Harwarth, Mindi Maline, and Elizabeth DeBra, "women's colleges were founded during the mid- and late-19th century in response to a need for advanced education for women at a time when they were not admitted to most institutions of higher education." [1] While there were a few coeducational colleges (such as Oberlin College founded in 1833, Antioch College in 1853, and Bates College in 1855), most colleges and universities of high standing at that time were exclusively for men.
[edit] Women's colleges in South America
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Harwarth, Irene. "Women's Colleges in the United States: History, Issues, and Challenges", ed.gov. Retrieved on 2006-10-14.
[edit] External links
- Hands off women's colleges, say Oxbridge students
- What are Girls Colleges made of? - Deepti Priya Mehrotra, boloji.com
- When women don't talk ... - Jaya Indiresan, The Hindu Business Line
- Women's College Leaders From Around the Globe Meet to Discuss "Women's Hopes and Dreams"
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