Comments on: What’s going to happen to R- MWC? http://ellenrebekah.com/170 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:03:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Allison http://ellenrebekah.com/170/comment-page-1#comment-102 Allison Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:00:37 +0000 http://ellenrebekah.com/?p=170#comment-102 I wholeheartedly agree with you: Keep R-M a WC! I've had contact with a couple of faculty members and I've been very surprised that these highly educated people have been so taken in by the Board's stance. They tell me that without the change to co-ed, the College will close in 10 years. But everything that I've read suggests that the switch to co-ed is a very hard row to hoe, so to speak, that can take several decades to become viable (especially now that the era of gender integration is over!). I think that the signers of the petition indicate how quickly the College will lose alumnae support if the change occurs, and I have a hard time envisioning how the College will survive even 10 years if the alumnae back away. And the tide is turning back to single-sex education, even (especially?) in primary and secondary schools. Can a renaissance in women's college popularity be far behind? I wholeheartedly agree with you: Keep R-M a WC! I’ve had contact with a couple of faculty members and I’ve been very surprised that these highly educated people have been so taken in by the Board’s stance. They tell me that without the change to co-ed, the College will close in 10 years. But everything that I’ve read suggests that the switch to co-ed is a very hard row to hoe, so to speak, that can take several decades to become viable (especially now that the era of gender integration is over!). I think that the signers of the petition indicate how quickly the College will lose alumnae support if the change occurs, and I have a hard time envisioning how the College will survive even 10 years if the alumnae back away. And the tide is turning back to single-sex education, even (especially?) in primary and secondary schools. Can a renaissance in women’s college popularity be far behind?

]]> By: Rebekah http://ellenrebekah.com/170/comment-page-1#comment-101 Rebekah Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:25:56 +0000 http://ellenrebekah.com/?p=170#comment-101 I absolutely want it to remain a woman's college. It was incredibly beneficial to me and though many people may not recognize it's worth, I want it to stay the way it is. Growing women should always have the opportunity to learn in an environment where they can learn about and develop their strengths. I absolutely want it to remain a woman’s college. It was incredibly beneficial to me and though many people may not recognize it’s worth, I want it to stay the way it is. Growing women should always have the opportunity to learn in an environment where they can learn about and develop their strengths.

]]> By: ginger http://ellenrebekah.com/170/comment-page-1#comment-100 ginger Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:05:04 +0000 http://ellenrebekah.com/?p=170#comment-100 It is always sad when your college, a place that helped you become who you are today, has to make changes to "save" itself. I found it really hard to accept when the college I graduated from was bought by another college and had to change it's name and it's enrollment status and many other, little, yet very important things. How do you feel now though? Do you still want it to remain as a womens college? or do you feel differently? As an outsider it seems sad to see a "special" school have to become more "normal", under any circumstances, but it seems even more unsettling to think that all womens or even all mens colleges may be a thing of the past, and I say so simply because I believe in choice, the more choices the better. It is always sad when your college, a place that helped you become who you are today, has to make changes to “save” itself. I found it really hard to accept when the college I graduated from was bought by another college and had to change it’s name and it’s enrollment status and many other, little, yet very important things.

How do you feel now though? Do you still want it to remain as a womens college? or do you feel differently?

As an outsider it seems sad to see a “special” school have to become more “normal”, under any circumstances, but it seems even more unsettling to think that all womens or even all mens colleges may be a thing of the past, and I say so simply because I believe in choice, the more choices the better.

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