A00001 - An Integrated BSU (10/01/2010)
Rick, These days, I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. There is a city called Oakland and in the city of Oakland there is a women's college called Mills College. A few years ago, because of financial concerns, the board of trustees of Mills College decided that being a women's college was no longer viable and decided to become co-ed. This decision sparked a firestorm of controversy. The student body revolted against the idea of becoming co-ed, and so did the alumni. For weeks, the news stories were replete with testimonials and scholarly pundits who came forward to tout the benefit of having an institution that was a single sex institution. Much was said about the ability of the women at such a college to excel in science, math and leadership roles that they often found themselves unable to do at co-ed universities. In essence, the women of Mills were advocating the superiority of their sexually segregated education and, in the end, they...