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Women's colleges play unique role in quest for equality

  • Written by Kimberly Wright Cassidy, President, Bryn Mawr
Enrollment in women's colleges is up in record numbers.oneinchpunch/www.shutterstock.com

Editor’s note: Thanks, some say, in no small part to the 2016 election of Donald J. Trump and the momentum of the #MeToo movement, enrollment in women’s colleges is up like never before. In light of this uptick, we reached out to the leaders of...

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