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WOMEN'S COLLEGES VS. COEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
 

Especially noteworthy is that seniors at women’s colleges were more likely to engage in higher order thinking activities than seniors at coeducational institutions.

Similarly, both seniors and first-year students at women’s colleges scored higher on active and collaborative learning and student-faculty interaction than their counterparts at coeducational institutions.

Additionally, both first-year students and seniors at women’s colleges were more likely to engage in integrative activities that lead to deep learning.
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Shannan Staples '08,
Business/finance Major

Financing a Future with
One-on-one Attention

Hollins is known for its excellent English and creative writing department, but the economics and business department is also amazing. Not only are you learning a lot about business and global commerce, but you receive one-on-one attention with professors to give you a deeper understanding of the subjects. I leave classes feeling like I’ve learned something I can actually apply to my life.

My sophomore year, I was the resident assistant for Tinker, one of the first-year dorms. I have also served as secretary of the Black Student Alliance; parliamentarian in the student senate; executive director of the College Republicans; photo editor of the Spinster [yearbook]; an admissions ambassador; and historian of the French Club. Next spring I plan to go to London, where I will also have an internship.

After graduation, Shannan plans to get a job in finance or advertising at the corporate level with a company in Washington, D.C., or New York City. Eventually she wants to open her own business.

- From Why Hollins, Hollins University.
Commencement Thought
 

"Our graduates have followed their hearts and their interests wherever they were led, and have not allowed themselves or anyone else to treat gender as barrier to success. They celebrated their feminine state and appreciated the role it played in all of the challenges that life brings.”
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