<p>Ah, Igloo. Now I understand your reference. </p>
<p>I must say that I had no notion of any possible advantages of my daughter attending a “women’s college” when she initially discovered Barnard. Frankly, that part of it put me off at first. And then I just dealt with it as being pretty incidental since Barnard is so uniquely affiliated with Columbia and is, for many purposes, a co-ed institution.</p>
<p>However I cannot even begin to express to you the differences that I think Barnard’s focus on Women’s education and women’s issues has made in my d. She was lead to explore a field she had never considered; then she had the confidence and the training to apply for and secure prestigious fellowships in her field and then move on to graduate study. She is currently working on her PhD and this semester is acting as a teaching assistant for an undergrad science class. She made the observation that the women in the class at this fairly prestigious University RARELY speak up in class. She was actually pretty shocked at the differences she has observed in how the undergrad women seem to perceive themselves as compared to how Barnard students are perceived or act.</p>
<p>I am not great at explaining this, but I will say that without a doubt there IS a place for “single sex” education. And I never would have said that before.</p>