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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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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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Karen Potter '08, a three-sport athlete at Mary Baldwin College, will be one of just two students highlighted in an hour-long episode of NCAA On Campus airing April 18, 2007.
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Last year when Professor Denny Partridge, Barnard's Alice B. Pels Professor of Theatre, was awarded a Mellon New Directions Fellowship to create new theater coursework and touring opportunities, she found a way to combine her 30-year background in professional theater with social activism by developing "Theatre in the Community."
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What would happen if someone combined the hit television shows “Survivor” and “Trading Spaces”? Ask Nicole Facciuto, Cottey Class of 1995. She was one of the professional designers on USA Network’s series “House Wars.”
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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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