New president believes in strong role for women's college
RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) -- Two weeks after Jo Allen took office as the eighth president of Meredith College, the shrinking pool of women’s colleges blew drier as Peace College across town decided to admit males to stem its enrollment drop.
Since 1960 the number of women’s colleges in America has shrunk from 200 to 46. Most were founded a century ago when women were not welcomed in the exclusive domain of higher education. Then higher education opened its doors to their only applicant pool. Today many formerly all-male schools now have more women students than men.
Allen, the second female and the first alumna to be Meredith president, took office July 1. Despite the unlimited educational options for female students today, she exhibits every confidence that there remains a vital role for female colleges.
Meredith College is one of two colleges started by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina -- along with Wake Forest University -- which at one time controlled seven colleges and universities. Ironically, the only two the BSCNC founded were the first to exercise their independence and leave the Baptist orbit. Meredith was established in 1891 and named for Thomas Meredith, a giant in early North Carolina Baptist life who also pushed to establish Wake Forest University and the newspaper that eventually became the Biblical Recorder .
During an interview in her new office on the oak-shaded campus, Allen, a 1980 Meredith graduate, said the school’s spiritual roots still grow deep.
“I think it’s very clear Meredith cherishes its history with the Baptists,” Allen said. “We still see it as a critical element of our mission, and our mission statement includes references to the spiritual development of our students.”
It is also clear, Allen would argue, that there remains a strong argument for single gender education as “a very good learning environment.”
She said when women do not have to compete with males for faculty attention and for resources “they report greater confidence in their learning, are more likely to participate in class, are more vocal about their opinions and are more willing to try their ideas in a setting that encourages and requires their participation.”
“The increasing relevance of women’s education is apparent in what we’re learning about leadership,” Allen said. “Women have a style that is more collaborative, more willing to challenge problems, to take calculated risk and challenge rules they believe are not just.
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