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What Matters in College After College:
New Findings Released, March 3, 2008
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The Women’s College Coalition commissioned Hardwick~Day to conduct a research survey assessing alumnae from the classes of 1970 through 1997, comparing the responses of women’s college alumnae with alumnae of public and private colleges and universities. The key messages drawn from the findings focus on the areas in which women’s college alumnae report outcomes that surpass the outcomes of alumnae of public and private institutions; they help make the case for the effectiveness of a women’s college education.
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Our Perspective |
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HIGHER LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT
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| Women attending women's colleges report higher levels of engagement than women attending co-educational institutions on the types of educational experiences identified in our article on college choice. |
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I’M FROM THE SUNNY suburbs of Southern California and never really expected to leave. So naturally, I stayed in California for my first year of college. Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite what I expected, and I was a little disappointed.
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It's not clear just why mathematical craftwork has suddenly taken off, says sarah-marie belcastro, a mathematician at Smith College in Northampton (Mass.), who organized the exhibit with Carolyn Yackel. "Part of me says it's because there are so many more women in math now," she says. "But every time we give talks, there are men in the audience who say they knit or crochet."
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Academy award winning team member and 1997 Agnes Scott College alumna Amy S. Kim credits her alma mater with at least some of the leadership skills she now possesses.
“I loved the part where we went to orientation when someone brought up the statistics about how males dominate coeducational schools and how I could actually become a leader at this school,”
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New Evidence
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| Graduates of women’s colleges are significantly more likely than women who graduated from other liberal arts colleges or from public flagships to have graduate degrees, according to data released Monday, March 3, 2008. |
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