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BJM8 · 04-23-2006, 01:10 PM

MomofSmithie...Smith has this posted on it's website:
http://www.smith.edu/about_whyissmith.php

It gives information as to why Smith is a women's college, and what advantages it has over coed schools. There is plenty of information, either directly from Smith or any other women's college, that supports the arguments for these schools. Like anything else, however, they appeal to a select group of young women. Most are not yet ready to make that leap from a coed public or private institution. Nor do I mean to demean coed colleges; as they provide an excellent education for the men and women that choose to attend them. And...that is the difference; this choice that our daughters have made. Maybe through their own volition, or with some help from us as parents, they see the value in what an all-women's college has to offer. They will leave Smith very confident women in what they have achieved in the classroom, but more importantly, they will feel that they are prepared to take on the world in a leadership position, rather than what society has planned for them in this man's world.

04-23-2006, 01:10 PM	#7
BJM8 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: RI Posts: 1,242	MomofSmithie...Smith has this posted on it's website: http://www.smith.edu/about_whyissmith.php It gives information as to why Smith is a women's college, and what advantages it has over coed schools. There is plenty of information, either directly from Smith or any other women's college, that supports the arguments for these schools. Like anything else, however, they appeal to a select group of young women. Most are not yet ready to make that leap from a coed public or private institution. Nor do I mean to demean coed colleges; as they provide an excellent education for the men and women that choose to attend them. And...that is the difference; this choice that our daughters have made. Maybe through their own volition, or with some help from us as parents, they see the value in what an all-women's college has to offer. They will leave Smith very confident women in what they have achieved in the classroom, but more importantly, they will feel that they are prepared to take on the world in a leadership position, rather than what society has planned for them in this man's world.