Anyway, Mike alerted me to this development this weekend. However, Randolph Macon Women's College has voted to go co-ed. Remaining unchanged, however, is that fact that Lynchburg sucks.
Posted by John at September 11, 2006 01:52 PM"115 Years of Women Can't Be Wrong"
They're exactly right. The sexes should be kept separate. I have the same feeelings as the RMU protesters when it comes to voting and driver's licenses.
See, nobody agrees with that. But somewhere, for some reason, there are dudes that want to go to RMU. Should they be allowed? Every civil rights movement for the last however-many years says yes. Sorry ladies, you can't have your cake and eat it too. Because it makes your ass fat.
Posted by: Chris at September 11, 2006 02:17 PMI'm not sure that all that many dudes want to go to that school. I think the problem is that if the school continues to admit women exclusively, it will cease from being a financially viable institution. The retention rate is only 61%. The US average is about 75% and it is 74% for Lynchburg College and 73% at Liberty, which means that 3/4 of the people attending college in Lynchburg are brain-damaged.
Retention Rate at UMD? 92%
Posted by: John at September 11, 2006 02:28 PMBut might the argument be made that if it admits men, it will cease to be financially viable? That is, might it be that students attend because it's all female, and that if it were co-ed they would look elsewhere for their desired, single-sex education? I dunno, just playing devil's advocate.
Also, it's good to know Mike has fully recovered from his "limo" ride.
Posted by: roy at September 11, 2006 02:58 PM"No more than 3 percent of women today want to attend a women's institution, according to the Women's College Coalition, a national association." And only 2% actually end up attending.
Hood College began admitting men in 2002.
I think you've got to take a crack at that 97% as opposed to trying to corner the market on the 3%.
Corner?
Posted by: Chris at September 11, 2006 06:48 PM