Why not consider a womens college?
ROANOKE–The winter holiday break from school is upon us. For high school seniors and their parents, the extra time together and looming college application deadlines present the opportunity for some frank discussion. (This isn’t a new phenomenon, by the way–the Boston Globe chronicled the holidays/college applications convergence in 2004.) What schools offer the best prospects for students, where will they fulfill their full potential, and how will families pay for college? As the presidents of Virginia’s three women’s colleges, we know that for many young women in particular, a single-sex environment could offer a compelling answer to each of those questions. Yet a Hollins, a Mary Baldwin, or a Sweet Briar is often not on families’ radar screens simply because coeducation is the default option or because private colleges are assumed to be too expensive. Gwen, a recent graduate of one of our institutions, thought the same way. But once she visited and saw for herself the advantages o
