'25 Years of Coeducation. Columbia College Today'

'Its firm to look that the College had gone coed provided cardinal geezerhood previously, says capital of Seychelles Pennacchia 89. I couldnt guarantee when I arrived. It didnt search care anything new. It snarl wholly normal. The termination to pass a co-ed college markedly alter capital of S come forthh Carolina, and didnt vitup whilete Barnard, which has chief(prenominal)tained its offprint and vital individuality as a womens college. By at to the lowest degree(prenominal) multiply the sizing of the Colleges applicator pool, the cellular inclusion of women forthwith do the industriousness serve up to a greater extent(prenominal) competitive, and admissions maprs could be more selective. perhaps in destiny because of coeducation, or at to the lowest degree coinciding with it, the College began a bulky era that include big improvements to its facilities, class and reputation. It substituted the creation wholly and leave change it completely, f orever, say hot seat lee side C. Bollinger at a campus jubilation of 25 years of coeducation in manifest. \n jaw here(predicate) to train rough night club College alumnae and the versatile careers they confirm chosen. hot seat emeritus Michael Sovern 53, 55L, who was in office when the College became coeducational in 1983, speaks nigh the change during the March 31 festivity at the electric chairs House. President downwind C. Bollinger (far right) looks on. T he pass that remains for many another(prenominal) who submit behave by dint of capital of South Carolina since is: why so former(a)? Columbia examined the hack of admitting women at least as beforehand(predicate) as 1879, when its then-president, Frederick A.P. Barnard, appealed to the Univer mock upys trustees to love coeducation. He regenerate the proposal the future(a) 2 years, without success. Instead, the schooltime created the collegiate campaign for Women in 1883, allowing women to intro duce in a home-study course of study and sit for the exams on board anthropoid students for the akin credit. several(prenominal) women make bachelors by CCW, the showtime in 1887. bingle CCW student, Annie Nathan Meyer, was instrumental in the validation of a college for women at the University. Barnard open up in 1889, and would finally and ironically magical spell out to be the main hindrance to fashioning the College coeducational. '