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While Title IX contains an exemption fortraditionally all-women undergraduatecolleges--the law was never intended to challengeWellesley College or, for that matter,Radcliffe--courts have held that it is illegal forgraduate programs to discriminate on the basis ofgender...
...Radcliffe Quad. Students are the very life blood of a college. Just because Harvard went co-ed in the '70s doesn't have to mean that Radcliffe should gradually cease to exist. Let Harvard remain coeducational and let there be a true Radcliffe. Let it have its own all-women student body, its own dorms and library at the Radcliffe Quad, its own activities at Radcliffe Yard, its own sports teams competing with other fine women's colleges, and yes, once again its own active alumnae. Let Radcliffe students take Harvard classes and let female Harvard students be as involved...
While the social competitiveness McGrathdescribes may not be present in women's schools, acompetitive academic attitude remains. Studentswho attended all-women's schools before arrivingat Harvard say they appreciated the opportunity toexcel in academic fields, especially those oftendominated by male students...
When the time came to choose a college, somestudents who attended all-women's high schools saythey considered enrolling in a single-sex schoolagain. Brandt, for instance, applied to Wellesley,but eventually decided against continuing hersingle-sex education...
Adjusting to life at Harvard can be difficultfor anyone, but students who went to all-women'shigh schools say their adjustment was not just toa new school...