Challenged by Coeducation: Women's Colleges Since the 1960s

Index

401 Index Page references in italics indicate tables. AAUP. See American Association of University Professors Abu-Lughod, Lila, 316 ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), 125, 259 administration, 10 Barnard College, 292–93, 295, 296, 300– 301, 307–8, 317, 319 Mills College, 176, 179, 188, 195 Mundelein College, 22, 81–82, 82, 83, 95, 96 Notre Dame College, 263, 264, 267–68 Simmons College, 219, 225–27 Spelman College, 238–40, 246–47 Texas Woman’s University, 116, 125, 127, 133, 136 Vassar College, 34 Wells College, 150, 151, 157, 162, 166–68 Wheaton College, 65, 66 affiliated colleges, xi, 12–13, 22, 29–30, 98– 101, 237–38; see also Barnard College; coordinate colleges; Girton College, Cambridge; Newnham College, Cambridge African Americans access to higher education, 4 at Barnard College, 297 at Mills College, 179 at Mundelein College, 80, 88, 92 at Simmons College, 217–18, 222, 224 and Texas Woman’s University, 110, 112–13, 115–16, 123, 135 at Vassar College, 33, 39, 44 at Wells College, 150, 151 at Wheaton College, 71 See also Spelman College Agnes Scott College (Georgia), 11, 248, 249, 384 Allen, Diana, 88 Alpha Phi sorority, 315 alumnae Barnard College, 295, 296, 301, 310–11 Mills College, 164, 182, 185, 186, 192–96, 198, 200 Mount Holyoke College, 175 Mundelein College, 101 Newnham College, 332, 334, 351, 356 Notre Dame College, 258, 263 Simmons College, 211, 213, 215, 217, 227 Wells College, 147, 152, 154, 157–58, 161, 163–64, 165–67 alumnae/i Texas Woman’s University, 117, 119, 121, 124, 126–27 Vassar College, 29–30, 34 Wheaton College, 54–56, 60, 63–64, 65, 380 American Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, 94 American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 219, 239, 273 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 125, 259 Ames, Fanny B., 209 Amherst Agricultural College, 211 Amherst College admission of women, 8 endowment, 303 student exchange programs, 32 Antioch College, 3 Ashworth, Kenneth H., 125 Asian studies programs, 205n83, 224, 225 Association of American Universities, 229n11, 238 Association of College Alumnae (ACA), 3, 210–11 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, 109 402 Challenged by Coeducation athletics and sports, 386, 391 Barnard College, 293, 315 Girton College, 340, 341, 347 Mills College, 183–84 Mundelein College, 96 Newnham College, 358 Notre Dame College, 274–75, 276 Simmons College, 221 Spelman College, 250–51 Texas Woman’s University, 109 Vassar College, 35–37, 36, 44 Wells College, 150 Wheaton College, 67 Atkins, Mary, 175 Atlanta Consortium (later AUC), 237–40, 241, 243, 376 Atlanta University, 237–38 AUC, 237–40, 241, 243, 376 Babson College, 248 Barazzone, Esther L. (President of Chatham), 202 Barber-Scotia College, 4 Bardes, Barbara, 101 Barnard College, 5, 11, 287, 289–319 academic standards, 6, 287, 292, 300, 310, 375 and African Americans, 297 alumnae, 53, 295, 296, 301, 310–11 and Columbia University, 294 coordinate relationship, 287, 290, 291–92, 299–300, 302–6, 315–19 and gender equity, 297–99 merger proposals, 291, 293–94, 299, 300–302, 377 women’s experiences compared, 312–14 curriculum, 287, 292–93, 297, 307–8, 309–10, 313 endowment, 287, 291, 302, 303, 310 enrollments, 304–5, 306, 312, 377 faculty, 308 and coordinate relationship, 291, 293, 304, 307 female, 299, 314, 317, 319 and merger proposals, 296, 300 finances, 293, 299, 302, 310–11 and finances, 302 and gender equity, 297–98, 318 and leadership opportunities, 291, 293, 308 location, xi, 289–91, 309 merger discussions, 293, 295–96, 299, 300–302, 377 minority students, 311 mission, 292–94, 301, 302, 307–8 prestige, 377 residence halls, 311–12 trustees and coordinate relationship, 290–91 female, 298, 317, 319 and merger proposals, 294, 295–96, 300–301 and women’s return to college, 7 See also administration; athletics and sports; feminism; tuition; women’s studies programs Baroviak, Darlene, 52 Baumhart, Raymond, SJ, 100 Baxter, Annette Kar, 296 Beecher, Catherine, 48 Bennett College, 4, 248, 249 Bennington College, 7 Berkeley, University of California, 179, 187 Berson, Gale, 75n57 Binger, Carl, 27 black colleges 4, 236, 238, 245, 252, 378–9, See also Spelman College black studies programs Simmons College, 218 Spelman College, 241 Blanding, Sarah (President of Vassar), 27 Blank, Charles, 124 Block, David, 87 Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 329 Bouson, Brooks, 87 Bouve-Boston School of Physical Education, 211 Bowdoin College, student exchange programs, 32 Brackenridge, Mary Eleanor, 111 Bradbrook, Muriel (Mistress of Girton), 366n65 Bradford, Edward H., 209 Bralley, Francis M. (President of...