'Sisters' don't want a future in coeducation

This article appears in sunday's Boston Globe and was written following a meeting a week ago at Smith about the future of women's colleges.

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'Sisters' don't want a future in coeducation
By April Simpson, Globe Staff | November 5, 2006

They were established in the 19th century, when women had fewer opportunities than men to earn a strong liberal arts education.

Now student leaders at the colleges still known as the "Seven Sisters," even though their number has dwindled to five, are joining forces to discuss the future of women's schools. Last weekend, they gathered in Northampton and agreed that they had an obligation to maintain the traditions upon which their institutions were founded.

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