Women's College Coalition

The Women's College Coalition (WCC) was founded in 1972 and describes itself as an "association of women’s colleges and universities that are two- and four-year, public and private, religiously affiliated and secular."^[1]

Mission Statement

"The mission of the Women’s College Coalition is to transform the world through the education and success of women and girls. The Women’s College Coalition serves member colleges and universities in the United States and Canada by conducting collaborative research; introducing women and their families to women’s colleges through admissions advocacy programs; and bringing together women’s college leaders to collaborate and to explore the issues in higher education today."^[1]

What WCC Does

The Women's College Coalition:

• Provides resources for students, parents and their advisors to help with their college search
• Generates research to help illuminate the factors that enhance women's success and ensure our effectiveness.
• Promotes past, present and future women leaders as we transform the world through the education and success of women and girls.^[1]

Leadership

• Chair: Elizabeth Kiss, President, Agnes Scott College
• Vice Chair: Carmen Ambar, President, Cedar Crest College
• President: Michele Ozumba, March 16, 2015
• Directors:
  • Mary Hinton, President, College of Saint Benedict
  • Carine Feyten, President, Texas Woman's University
  • Jacquelyn Litt, Dean, Douglass Residential College at Rutgers University
  • Elizabeth Dinndorf, President, Columbia College
  • Ann McElaney-Johnson, President, Mount Saint Mary's University
• Past Chairs:
  • Joanne V. Creighton, President, Mount Holyoke College
  • Elizabeth Fleming, President, Converse College
  • Nancy Oliver Gray, President, Hollins University
  • Sharon Latchaw Hirsch, President, Rosemont College
  • Patricia McGuire, President, Trinity Washington University
  • Mary Meehan, President, Alverno College^[1]

Women's Colleges and Universities in the U.S. & Canada Represented by WCC

• Agnes Scott College
• Alverno College
• Barnard College
• Bay Path College
• Bennett College for Women
• Brenau University
• Brescia University College (Canada)
• Bryn Mawr College
• Cedar Crest College
• College of Saint Benedict
• College of Saint Mary
• Columbia College
• Converse College
• Cottey College
• Douglass Residential College of Rutgers University
• Hollins University
• Judson College
• Mary Baldwin University
• Meredith College
• Mills College
• Moore College of Art and Design
• Mount Holyoke College
• Mount St. Mary's University
• Notre Dame of Maryland University
• Russell Sage College of The Sage Colleges
• Saint Mary's College
• Salem College
• Scripps College
• Simmons College
• Smith College
• Spelman College
• St. Catherine University
• Stephens College
• Sweet Briar College
• Texas Woman's University
• Trinity Washington University
• University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)
• Wellesley College
• Wesleyan College

Member and WCC Relations

"The Women’s College Coalition makes the case for the power and influence of women’s colleges in higher education. We advance our members’ shared mission to promote the well-being and success of women and girls through three strategic initiatives.

• Collaborative research The Women’s College Coalition, in conjunction with its members, identifies issues of importance to women’s colleges and conducts one or more research initiatives annually. Past studies have included a comparison of women’s college alumnae to female alumnae from co-ed colleges on measures of satisfaction and post-college success; a forty-year snapshot of the demographics of women’s college students; a comparison of faculty teaching and engagement in women’s and co-ed institutions; and higher education trends reports.
• Admissions advocacy The Women’s College Coalition Website features its member institutions and makes the case for college-bound women to “add one to their list.” We conduct workshops and make presentations to college counselors, respond to media requests and provide support for the admissions marketing programs of our members.
• Collegial Opportunities We host events that provide opportunities for collaboration and candid conversation among presidents, enrollment management/admissions staff, academic affairs, student affairs, communications/marketing and institutional research on topics of special interest to women’s colleges."^[2]

See also

• List of current and historical women's universities and colleges in the United States
• Timeline of women's colleges in the United States
• Seven Sisters (colleges)
• Women's colleges in the Southern United States
• Women's colleges in the United States

Notes

External links

• A Profile of Recent Women's College Graduates, '67/77