<p>it is a good point. however, most board members, phds, members of congress, etc are in their 40s-60s, thus they attended college in the 50s-70s, a time when many (most?) elite private colleges were only for men. </p>
<p>the “college-educated population” the article talks about probably includes lots of people in their 20s and 30s who simply aren’t old enough to have PhDs, be elected to congress, etc. </p>
<p>so while i think smith was a great place for me and women’s colleges can help create amazing leaders, the disproportionate number of female leaders who went to women’s colleges will probably shrink as the pool of women who attended Ivies and co-ed elite LACs grows and ages.</p>