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Two recent articles detail the advantages gained by students attending women’s institutions such as ɬ.
Coed colleges aren’t for everyone, noted a back-to-school article in. In fact, there are untold benefits to attending women’s colleges.
The magazine named ɬ as one of its “eight unique women’s colleges,” noting the advantages students at women’s institutions have.
“Studies have cited that students attending gender-specific schools benefit from improved self-esteem, develop better classroom leadership skills, and experience greater satisfaction academically, developmentally, and personally,” author Kamala Kirk wrote.
She noted that the Princeton Review dubbed ɬ “the most beautiful in the nation,” and called the College “an institution for success.”
news also included ɬ in its list of “women’s colleges that have educated some of the finest minds.”
Among the “fun facts” shared about ɬ was a short list of notable alumnae that included “former secretary of labor Elaine Chao, renowned poet Emily Dickinson, playwrights Wendy Wasserstein and Suzan-Lori Parks, and Frances Perkins, former secretary of labor under the FDR administration and the first woman appointed to the US cabinet.”
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