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Douglass Residential College |
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| Established | 1918-2007 (woman's college); 2007-present (woman's residential college of Rutgers University) |
| Location | New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA |
| Affiliations | Institute for Women's Leadership |
| Website | drc.rutgers.edu |
Douglass Residential College is a part of Rutgers University. It does not offer a separate degree but will "offer single-sex dormitories and women-only classes -- as part of a four-year, women-centered experience."[1]
Background
Douglass was founded as the New Jersey College for Women in 1918 by Mabel Smith Douglass as the coordinate college for Rutgers University.[2]. Before merging with Rutgers, it was the largest public women's college in the United States.
Merge with other colleges to form School of Arts and Sciences
In 2005, Rutgers University President Richard Levis McCormick unveiled plans to merge Douglass College with the University's three other undergraduate liberal arts colleges — Rutgers College, Livingston College and University College — to create the School of Arts and Sciences. Those plans to merge Douglass with the other colleges proved controversial because Douglass is, and has been, an all-female institution. [citation needed]
In 2007 Douglass became the Douglass Residential College within Rutgers' School of Arts and Sciences, as the result of a compromise between those who wanted a complete merger and those who wanted the college to remain as a separate, degree-granting institution.[1][3]
References
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- ^ Harwarth, Irene. "Women's Colleges in the United States: History, Issues, and Challenges", ed.gov. Retrieved on 2006-10-14.
- ^ Douglass Residential College. Accessed July 15, 2007.
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