Describes University of Richmond and Westhampton College, which function in coordinate college model, defending this hybrid. Describes how two cooperating single-sex colleges share joint, common curriculum but maintain somewhat separate identities, as with different faculties, residence halls, student governments, and college traditions. Describes…

Student and alumnae groups have mobilized to preserve Wheaton College as one of a dwindling number of single-sex women's institutions and are taking legal action to fight what they believe is a breach of faith. (MSE)

The new president of Spelman College, Johnnetta Cole, would like to make Spelman the leading center of international thought on the condition of Black women in the world. She wants to remain active as an academician and is finding time to pursue her scholarly work. (MLW)

Argues that similarities in the socioeconomic and racial climate and the attempt to refute negative gender and race-inspired images were circumstances that were present in the emergence of single-sex schools for blacks. It examines the worth of such schools in affecting positive social change. (GLR)

The Alverno College faculty reports on its development and use of assessment (rather than testing) to elicit, diagnose, and certify student abilities as part of its outcome-centered approach to liberal education. Assessment is defined as a more complete challenge to both the process and the content of a student's learning, achieving a more…

Reviews the history of Black women's higher education and focuses on three issues: (1) coeducation versus single sex institutions, (2) curricular needs, and (3) psycho-social needs of Black women. Cites examples from two major Black women's colleges. (KH)