RFC: Because I'm Unaware & Confused

[discreet_chaos]

Earlier, I was reading an article about Peace College and was hit with some new information about the history of female education, something that not only have I never heard before, but after several hours of online research and an email exchange; I still haven't found anything beyond that which was in the original piece

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[exvallis]

It sounds like a diabolical plan to keep the women at home. seriously. An Assoc. Degree is long enough to let the women think about what she wants to do and short enough to find a hubby before bcoming old maids; and still gain some skills. I wouldn't be surprised if they made it a bit harder to transfer in to th 4 year schools. The only advice my grandmother got from her sisters on schools was "go to a co-ed school" They realized that all-women schools weren't the best in that catagory.

[exvallis]

That was in New Jersey and Northest. I would think the Southern schools would be a bit more conservative at that time. apologies for the crummy grammar.

[discreet_chaos]

When I was quoting the article last night, I inadvertently left off two paragraphs;Just as certain social forces had shaped Peace's early years, others have forced the college to change.

In the late 1960s and 1970s, many of the nation's Ivy League and other universities relaxed their gender-based admissions practices. Female undergraduates applied to coed institutions in greater numbers and today outnumber undergraduate men at many schools.
Most everything in the article makes me believe that this was a wider phenomenon, plus though it may not seem that way to outsiders and those not versed in regional history, but with the exception of a few pockets mostly downeast, North Carolina could be called a reluctant member of the South

[discreet_chaos]

PS) To make reference easier and for the historical record; Here's a link to the community post.