Amherst College coeducation collection, 1870-1997.

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Amherst College coeducation collection, 1870-1997.

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An artificial collection of reports, committee records, newspapers and other publications related to the College's consideration of traditionally all-male education vs. coeducation. (The Board of Trustees officially adopted coeducation on Nov. 2, 1974.) Official college records include President's reports and records of the President's Task Force on College Size and Coeducation (1971), Committee on Educational Policy (1974, which resulted in the "Casebook on coeducation"), and the Select Committee on the Quality of Undergraduate Life (1980).

2 records storage boxes (2 linear ft.)

Amherst College. Library

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Amherst College. Library

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

Amherst College. Committee on Educational Policy.

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Amherst College. Select Committee on the Quality of Undergraduate Life.

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Amherst College. President's Task Force on College Size and Coeducation.

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