Women's colleges

Women's colleges

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.

Women's colleges around the world

Women's colleges in Asia

*Ehwa Woman's University in South Korea.
*Sookmyung Woman's University in South Korea.
*Lahore College for Women University in pakistanSee also: List of current and historical women's universities and colleges in Japan.

Women's colleges in Europe

United Kingdom

*St Hilda's College, Oxford (due to become co-educational in 2008)
*Previously Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (became co-educational in 1979)
*Previously St Anne's College, Oxford (became co-educational in 1979)
*Previously St Hugh's College, Oxford (became co-educational in 1986)
*Previously Somerville College, Oxford (became co-educational in 1994)
*New Hall, Cambridge
*Newnham College, Cambridge
*Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge
*Previously Girton College, Cambridge
*Previously Royal Holloway, University of London (became co-educational in 1965)

Women's colleges in the Middle East

*Royal University for Women, Kingdom of Bahrain
* [http://www.bhck.edu.kw Box Hill College Kuwait, Kuwait]

Women's colleges in North America

United States

Women's colleges in the United States were primarily 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." [cite news | first=Irene | last=Harwarth | url=http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/PLLI/webreprt.html | title=Women's Colleges in the United States: History, Issues, and Challenges | publisher=ed.gov |date= | accessdate=2006-10-14] 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.

ee also

*Coeducation
*Men's colleges
*Men's colleges in the United States
*Single-sex education
*Gaudy Night

References

External links

*" [http://education.guardian.co.uk/gendergap/story/0,,1062166,00.html Hands off women's colleges, say Oxbridge students] "
*" [http://www.boloji.com/wfs5/wfs507.htm What are Girls Colleges made of?] " - Deepti Priya Mehrotra, boloji.com
*" [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/canvas/2002/08/24/stories/2002082400090200.htm When women don't talk ...] " - Jaya Indiresan, "The Hindu Business Line"
*" [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/proj/wew/press06.html Women's College Leaders From Around the Globe Meet to Discuss "Women's Hopes and Dreams"] "


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