All Entries Tagged With: "Bryn Mawr College"
Website Issues Its Rankings of the Nation’s Best Women’s Colleges
The educational research website StartClass.com rates women’s colleges on factors such as affordability, career readiness programs, admissions selectivity, academic ratings, and experts’ opinions. Wellesley College in Massachusetts sits atop the rankings.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Bryn Mawr College Honors Its First Black Alumna
Bryn Mawr College in suburban Philadelphia has named its new residence hall to honor Enid Cook. Cook was not permitted to live on campus but graduated in 1931 with degrees in chemistry and biology.
Former Bryn Mawr College President Takes on New Role at the Library of Congress
Jane McAuliffe, the former president of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, was appointed director of national and international outreach at the Library of Congress.
Seven Sister Colleges Launch an Online Historical Archive of Women in Higher Education
The archive includes a wide variety of materials including photographs, correspondence, scrapbooks, and diaries documenting the history of women in higher education.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Website Offers Its Choices for the Best Women’s Colleges in the United States
The website College Choice ranked the women’s colleges based on academic reputation, financial aid offerings, overall cost, and success of graduates in the job market. Wellesley College is on top of the rankings.
Scholarships for Graduates of Five Leading Women’s Colleges at Indiana University’s Mauer School of Law
The Mauer School of Law at Indiana University in Bloomington has established a scholarship and mentoring program for graduates of five of the nation’s leading women’s colleges: Bryn Mawr, Mills, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley.
Bryn Mawr College Clarifies Its Policy on Who Is Eligible for Admission
According to the college, “the applicant pool will be inclusive of transwomen and of intersex individuals who live and identify as women at the time of application. Intersex individuals who do not identify as male are also eligible for admission. “
Two Women’s Colleges Receive First in the World Program Grants
The Department of Education selected 24 programs and is providing $75 million in funding for grants designed to increase college access for more Americans or to reduce costs. Among the first recipients of the grants are Bay Path University and Bryn Mawr College.
Bryn Mawr College Adopts Test-Optional Admissions Policy
Beginning with the admissions cycle for students entering in the fall of 2015, students applying to Bryn Mawr will not be required to submit scores from either the SAT or ACT college entrance examinations.
Bryn Mawr College to Offer New Major in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Bryn Mawr College, the highly rated liberals arts college for women in Pennsylvania, has announced that it will offer a new major in biochemistry and molecular biology. The new degree program will begin this fall.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Oklahoma State Professor Emerita Wins Award for the Best Biography of 2013
Linda Leavell, professor emerita of English at Oklahoma State University, was awarded the Plutarch Award from the Biographers International Organization (BIO) for her book Holding On Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore.
The New Provost and Dean of Faculty at Smith College
Katherine Anandi Rowe joined the Bryn Mawr College faculty in 1998 and was promoted to full professor in 2004. From 1992 to 1998, she was an assistant professor of English at Yale University.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Kimberly Wright Cassidy Named the Ninth President of Bryn Mawr College
Dr. Cassidy has been on the college’s faculty since 1993 and was chair of the psychology department. She served as provost for six years and has been interim president since last July.
Georgette Chapman Phillips Named Dean of the College of Business and Economics at Lehigh University
She currently serves as a professor of real estate and vice dean for technology-enhanced learning at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and holds joint appointments at the university’s law school and School of Arts & Sciences.
Bryn Mawr College Faculty Members Vote for Open Access for Their Scholarly Works
Bryn Mawr College, the highly rated women’s college in Pennsylvania, has announced that its faculty has approved an open access policy that will enable all of their scholarly works to be made available free to the public.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
New Exhibit Documents Early Twentieth-Century Summer School for Working Women at Bryn Mawr College
The summer school at Bryn Mawr College was meant to give working women a taste of the educational experience that at that time was largely a luxury for upper-class women.
In Memoriam: Gridley McKim-Smith
A scholar of the art of Baroque Spain, Dr. McKim-Smith was the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.
Where Do Women’s Colleges Stand in the New U.S. News Rankings?
Wellesley College in Massachusetts was the highest-rated, ranking seventh overall in the U.S. News rankings of the best liberal arts colleges. Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and Scripps College in Claremont, California, were also ranked among the top 25 liberal arts colleges.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Bryn Mawr to Add the First New Student Housing in Nearly Half a Century
Bryn Mawr College, the prestigious liberal arts college for women in suburban Philadelphia, has announced plans to build the first new student housing on campus in 45 years.
Eleven Women in New Administrative Positions at Colleges and Universities
The 11 women taking on new administrative roles in higher education are: Valandra German, Tracey Criss, Gina Eubanks, Claire Wurmfeld, J. Renee Navarro, Sarah Schroth, Gina Siesing, Erin McDermott, Ronna Vanderslice, Danielle Wood, and Nicole Norian.
Kimberly Wright Cassidy to Lead Bryn Mawr College
Dr. Cassidy has been on the college’s faculty since 1993 and has served as provost at the college since 2007. From 2004 to 2007, she was chair of the department of psychology. She will take over her new role as interim president in July.
Judith Shapiro, Former Barnard College President, to Lead the Teagle Foundation
The Teagle Foundation has a broad mission “to advance the well-being and general good of mankind throughout the world.” But many of its grants and projects relate to higher education.
In Memoriam: Karen MacAusland Tidmarsh, 1949-2013
Dr. Tidmarsh joined the staff at Bryn Mawr in 1979 as an administrator and English department faculty member. In 1990, she was appointed dean of the college and served in that role until 2010.
Three Women’s Colleges Rated as Having the “Best Professors”
Among the 25 colleges and universities rated as having the best professors are three women’s colleges: Wellesley College in Massachusetts, Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, and Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia.
