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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stand-alone women's colleges like MHC, Smith and Wellesley (unlike Barnard or Bryn Mawr) are very distinctive in culture.  A student really needs to be sure she wants that experience.  I went to Wellesley and am grateful for the education I received there and for the wonderful friends I made, but if the Way-Back Machine landed in my front yard, I'd go back to HS and choose a coed college.   [/quote]

Just curious. How is Bryan Mawr not a stand-alone women’s college? I get your point about Barnard but Bryn Mawr?[/quote]

True, Barnard is actually part of Columbia, but Bryn Mawr is literally next door to Haverford, the dining halls on both campuses are open to students from both schools, and students at either school can very easily take courses at the other school.   [/quote]

No, Barnard is not a part of Columbia. Columbia College, Columbia Law School, Columbia Business School, etc., are all part of the Columbia Corporation. Barnard is not part of the Columbia Corporation. Barnard is a separate corporate entity. Barnard has its own President, its own Board of Trustees and its own endowment.  That’s why Columbia couldn’t force Barnard to merge, and thank God for that. Columbia and Barnard used to have an agreement but it expired long ago. Columbia and Barnard simply act as if the old agreement were still in force.[/quote]

As a practical matter, the technicality isn’t really relevant. The two are incredibly integrated. From Barnard’s own catalogue:

“Barnard is both an independently incorporated educational institutiion and an official college of Columbia University”

The degree which Barnard students receive at graduation is signed by both the president of Barnard and the president of Columbia.[/quote]

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