Word: program
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This weekend, 11 colleges and universities, including Duke and Dartmouth, will travel to a lakeside campus in Virginia to learn about a unique program for women that could be implemented on their own campuses in the near future...
Operated by the University of Richmond, Women Involved in Living and Learning (WILL) is a four-year program with academic and social components. Every one of the program's more than 100 participants--who enter WILL immediately upon arrival on Richmond's campus--graduate with at least a minor in women's studies. In addition, they attend lectures, workshops and run their own student government...
...WILL admits only women--a point program directors insist is exactly what makes it work...
...Given the power differentials in this culture, for women to have a space and place to talk, organize and act is crucial," says Holly J. Blake, director of the WILL program. "For many it provides an outlet for activism, for others [WILL is] a community...
According to Blake, the program has yet to think about how Title IX might affect its admissions policies. And the University of Richmond is in an unusual Title IX situation. Though men and women attend classes together, they live separately at two "residential" colleges, each of which operates its own extracurricular activities and administration...