<p>I’m very confused about the Tulane college system. By applying to the LAC, do all the classes become single sex? Just how exactly does it work? Thanks.</p>
<p>Tulane College is the historically male school. Newcombe is historically female. It is my understadning that each still operates administratively as a men’s colege and a women’s college with a separate student council, even. However, classes are taught as if everyone is in a single university, as indeed they are. Even the dorm my son will live in is coed by floors, so no, this isn’t a single-sex institution by any means.</p>
<p>I’m purely guessing that ‘Newcombe’ left an endowment to teach and counsel girls…that’s why they keep a separate building so they can maintain the separation and money. But, as ctymom says, EVERYthing else is coed.</p>
<p>Newcomb was originally founded as a separate women’s college within Tulane, funded by Josephine Louise Newcomb in memory of her daughter Sophie. Nowadays, though, it’s mainly just a matter of where your paperwork goes. As said before, all classes have been co-ed since 1967, and most of the dorms are co-ed by floor. (Mine is co-ed by suite.)</p>