Talk:Women's colleges in the United States

Bennett College is no longer accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges, which is the regional accreditor for North Carolina. (The college has dropped its lawsuit to remain regionally accredited.) The college is trying to get accreditation with the national accreditor Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. It is now significantly harder for a student at Bennett to transfer to a regionally accredited college and there are regionally accredited colleges that will not accept any transfer credits from any nationally accredited schools. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7081:4140:3B00:61C9:B558:7B76:2175 (talk) 17:21, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

'Almost exclusively'? and male academic staff
The introduction states that these are 'institutions of higher education in the United States whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women' (emphasis added). Does this mean there are women's colleges that admit small numbers of male students? For an outsider it is a confusing statement. I would expect a college to be either mixed or single-sex, not almost exclusively single-sex.

Also, I may have skipped this part, but I see that many, if not all, of these colleges have men in the academic staff, even as President in one case I think. Are there any restrictions? At Oxford the women's colleges (when there were women's colleges) did not admit men as Fellows.--Oxonian2006 (talk) 21:05, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Some women's colleges admit men for graduate or returning students programs such as Mary Baldwin College, while maintaining an undergraduate program for women. Virtually all women's colleges in the United States have male staff and faculty members - Mount Holyoke College, for example, has had notable male presidents such as David Truman. The label "women's college" refers to the students, not faculty and staff. -Classicfilms (talk) 20:55, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Lead sentence
The lead sentence reads: "Women's colleges in the United States are institutions of higher education in the United States whose student populations are composed exclusively or almost exclusively of women (some colleges, such as Mary Baldwin College admit men to graduate or returning student programs while maintaining a single-sex undergraduate student body)."

Prior to the parenthetical remark, it seems implied that universities with a high ratio of females to males would be considered "women's colleges," however the parenthetical remark discusses admission criteria, not the composition of the student body. This is confusing. I propose instead:

Women's colleges in the United States are U.S. institutions of higher education that exclude or limit males from admission.

This covers the general case as well as the case described in the parenthetical remark. It also more clearly defines what a woman's college is. Thoughts welcome. Blackworm (talk) 22:05, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia
Although the article is interesting, it did forsake one very important, historical fact. Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia is the world's oldest chartered college for women (1836). The first accredited bachelor's degree (B.A. in English) ever presented to a woman was to Wesleyan graduate Catherine Brewer Benson in 1840. The article states that Pre-Civil War, the only institutions for higher learning for women were all in Ohio. As you can see, Wesleyan was founded 25 years before the Civil War. While Oberlin College did award a certificate to a woman in 1839, Oberlin was not yet an accredited college at the time. It is frustrating that Wesleyan College is ignored and/or forgotten when discussing the history of all-women colleges. Because she is the oldest, Wesleyan College should always be mentioned first and foremost for the advancement of women's education. Wesleyan never began as a learning academy or a finishing school. She has always been an accredited college since her founding in 1836. Thank you for your interest. PK1990 (talk) 05:15, 31 December 2010 (UTC)PK1990

William Woods University
William Woods University, formerly William Woods College, was an all women's college and is now coeducational. It is located in Fulton, Missouri. It is not in the list of formerly all women's colleges. Jennie Ragland, Alum of William Woods College 1981 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.70.48.86 (talk) 22:17, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

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Stern College
Should Stern College of Yeshiva University be added? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2606:6000:6748:7500:4C85:5348:2C11:73EC (talk) 20:58, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Stern College (for women) and Yeshiva College (for men) are components of Yeshiva University, so Stern College is not included here the way Smith College is included here because it is a women's college that lacks a component all-male college as part of a co-educational institution. The University of Richmond has a similar arrangement to Yeshiva University where Richmond College is for men and Westhampton College is for women. Hobart and William Smith Colleges are an all-male college (Hobart) and an all-female college (William Smith) that are collectively called Hobart and William Smith Colleges and have a partnership arrangement. College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University are an all-male college (Saint John's University) and all-female college (College of Saint Benedict) with a similar arrangement to Hobart and William Smith Colleges. So Stern College, Westhampton College, William Smith College and College of Saint Benedict should not be listed here due to either having an all-male counterpart in the same school or due to being in a very close partnership with an all-male school.

Transgender Admissions Policies at Women's Colleges in the United States
There are only three lines in this article that focus on the 21st century societal issue of evolving transgender admissions policies at women's colleges. Why? What other information can be offered about this? How are recent current events changing the idea of women's colleges and who makes up these institutions? How can this scholarship be inclusive of the LGBT community? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bepaige (talk • contribs) 02:48, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Trinity Washington University
Trinity Washington University accepts undergraduate men in its School of Professional Studies per its Wikipedia page, so it is a school that will accept undergraduate men. 2603:7081:3E41:200:7F6C:8A64:166C:26BF (talk) 00:06, 12 February 2024 (UTC)