Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Women's College Coalition Leaders On Sweet Briar Closing; Why women's colleges continue to be a vital option in higher education

http://www.streetinsider.com/dr/news.php?id=10549698. Great stats! And more
Consider these facts about women's colleges and their alumnae:
• 53% increase in applications by female undergraduates to women's colleges from 2004 to 2012.
• 76% retention for women's colleges, higher than at co-ed private colleges.
• Nearly 50% of women's college graduates earn advanced degrees.
• 81% of women's college graduates felt their college was extremely or very effective in preparing them for their first job.
• 30% of Business Week's 50 women who are rising starts in corporate America are graduates of women's colleges.
• 33% of Fortune 1000 Board Members are graduates of a women's college.
• 25% of current women Congress members attended a women's college.
• 20% of Black Enterprise Magazine's 20 most powerful African American women in corporate America graduated from women's colleges.
• 14% of women Cabinet members in state government attended a women's college.

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