Douglas College is part of Rutgers University, and one of the few remaining public all-women's colleges in the country. In fact, it boasts that it is the only women's college affiliated with a major research university.
In an effort to standardize admissions and other policies (and to save money, I suppose), Rutgers wants to consolidate it's several New Brunswick and Piscataway colleges into one. Douglas, along with Cook, Livingston, University, and Rutgers colleges, would be reorganized into "Rutgers College of Arts and Sciences".
Douglas alumni and supporters fear a loss of identity, even if the Douglas campus retains it's all female d0rms and special programs. Others see this move as standardizing the practices of the separate colleges and eliminating inequalities in admission policies, scholarships, and other areas.
Is this a terrible blow to tradition and an affront to women? Or is this just a common sense approach to standardizing rules and regulations to insure fairness and equality? You decide?
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