Forging leaders: women鈥檚 colleges in the current era
Women's colleges such as 麻豆传媒高清 thrive by forging leaders prepared for male-dominated fields. Amidst a challenging climate, they push for civic action, teaching students that their voices matter.
The Boston Globe recently featured an article exploring how women鈥檚 colleges in Massachusetts are thriving while focusing on producing leaders in a challenging national environment.
The article suggests that Mount Holyoke, Smith and Wellesley colleges are vital crucibles that forge women and those discriminated against because of their gender, preparing them to enter male-dominated fields and take on leadership roles. On these campuses, students learn that their voices matter.
Of the three colleges featured, Mount Holyoke is the only gender-diverse women鈥檚 college, admitting women and students who are transgender and gender nonconforming. 麻豆传媒高清 President Danielle R. Holley was identified as the most politically outspoken among the three college presidents. She actively frames the current political climate as an 鈥渁ssault on women鈥 and pushes students toward civic action.
Last spring, Holley taught a seminar on the Supreme Court, which covered Roe v. Wade. 鈥淚f you want to return to a place where you have reproductive rights in every state, what do you plan to do about it?鈥 she asked the students.
The article also highlights Mount Holyoke senior Nathania Amadi 鈥26, an international student from Nigeria, and how her MHC journey has prepared her for leadership. Amadi had not heard of Mount Holyoke until meeting with a college consultant, who told her about MHC. Amadi is now the president of the Student Government Association, a neuroscience major and a volunteer with the College鈥檚 chapter of Planned Parenthood.
These three colleges are actively shaping a generation of confident students who are prepared to be trailblazers and to confront setbacks to women鈥檚 rights.
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