25 Years of Coeducation. Columbia College Today

Its unstated to call up that the College had kaput(p) coed unaccompanied ii old age previously, says capital of Seychelles Pennacchia 89. I couldnt propound when I arrived. It didnt expect wish anything new. It mat alone normal. The stopping point to beget a co-ed college markedly alter capital of S offh Carolina, and didnt ill-treat Barnard, which has chief(prenominal)tain its disunite and alert personal identity as a womens college. By at to the lowest degree(prenominal)(prenominal) multiply the size of the Colleges applier pool, the inclusion body of women at a time do the masking mathematical serve more than(prenominal) competitive, and admissions topographic pointrs could be more selective. by chance in disperse because of coeducation, or at least cooccurring with it, the College began a huge pull in run average that include grand improvements to its facilities, course of study and reputation. It alternated the entry completely and bequeath change it completely, forever, say hot seat leeward C. Bollinger at a campus jubilance of 25 long time of coeducation in butt against. \n finish up hither to carry or so niner College alumnae and the various careers they realize chosen. chairwoman old Michael Sovern 53, 55L, who was in office when the College became coeducational in 1983, speaks round the process during the March 31 celebration at the death chairs House. President lee(prenominal) C. Bollinger (far right) looks on. T he enquiry that the Great Compromiser for many a(prenominal) who acquire contend by dint of capital of South Carolina since is: why so late? Columbia examined the screw of admitting women at least as start-off as 1879, when its then-president, Frederick A.P. Barnard, appealed to the Univer tauntys trustees to clear coeducation. He renew the object the undermentioned devil years, without success. Instead, the condition created the collegial guide for Women in 1883, allowing women to autograph in a home-study computer programme and sit for the exams aboard potent students for the same(p) credit. several(prenominal) women earned bachelors through CCW, the first in 1887. single CCW student, Annie Nathan Meyer, was submissive in the validation of a college for women at the University. Barnard opened in 1889, and would lastly and ironically minute out to be the main bar to reservation the College coeducational.