- Women’s college founded 1885, empowering female-identifying leaders
- 26 women’s colleges remain (down from ~300 in 1960s)
- Most selective women’s colleges: 5 remaining Seven Sisters + Scripps + Spelman
- 2% of college going students choose a women’s college
- 1350 undergrads, 375 first year class - a small school in a big city
- Graduates 2.5x national average of women with STEM degrees vs coed institutions
- 60% faculty are women, senior leadership predominantly women
- Alumni network creates powerful professional connections across women’s colleges
- Women’s colleges help students be empowered in class. This leads to internal empowerment in other areas of life. They are not being stepped over or pushed aside by men but are engaged in class
- Gen Alpha expects 5-7 different careers (vs 5-7 jobs for millennials). Bryn Mawr teaches them durable skills like how to think and write to succeed in multiple careers