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In June 1973, alumna chair of the Vassar Board Elizabeth Purcell ’31, raised the increasingly pertinent question, “Isn’t a famous woman’s college denying its historic mission [in becoming coeducational]?”
Vassar College ( / ˈvæsər / VASS-ər) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States. The college became coeducational in 1969.
After declining an invitation to merge with Yale, Vassar decided to open its doors to men in 1969. In keeping with its pioneering spirit, Vassar was the first all-women’s college in the country to become coeducational: men now represent 45 percent of the student body of 2,450.
Mar 8, 2023 · At this time, the College accepted its first 30 female students from Vassar College for the spring semester in 1969. These admits stemmed from an exchange program in which the College sent 26 students to Vassar and accepted 30 students from the peer institution.
Jun 12, 2024 · After declining an invitation to merge with Yale, Vassar decided to open its doors to men in 1969. In keeping with its pioneering spirit, Vassar was the first all-women’s college in the country to become coeducational: men now represent 45 percent of the student body of 2,450.
Founded in 1861 to offer women a fully equivalent education to that of the best men’s colleges of the period, Vassar became the first women’s college in the nation to expand its mission to coeducation by opening its doors to men in 1969.
Jan 18, 2023 · From December 1966 through November 1967, Brewster and Alan Simpson, president of Vassar College (at the time a women’s college), entertained the idea of moving Vassar to New Haven to be a coordinate college for Yale.
