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Mills College in talks to merge with notable East Coast university sfgate.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfgate.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A Requiem The news that Oaklandâs Mills College will soon close after 170 years of providing a distinctive educational experience for women came as shocking, yet not altogether surprising, news. Founded in 1852 as the Young Ladiesâ Seminary in Benicia, Susan and Cyrus Mills, âChampions for equal education for women,â bought the seminary in 1865, renamed it Mills College, and moved the campus to Oakland six years later. In 1990, Mills attracted national attention when another financial crisis led to a board of trusteeâs decision to admit men, which ignited fierce opposition among students, alumnae, and others who recognize that womenâs colleges continue to play a critical role in higher education. ....
UC Berkeley announces freshman program at Mills College sfgate.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfgate.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mills College in Oakland is closing to become an institute FacebookTwitterEmail Mills College is an independent liberal arts and sciences college in the San Francisco Bay Area.John S Lander/LightRocket via Getty Images The 169-year-old Mills College, one of the few women s colleges in California, announced Wednesday it s shifting from a degree-giving college to an institute promoting women s leadership. After fall 2021, Mills will no longer enroll new-first year undergraduate students and it will likely confer its final degrees in 2023, pending further consideration and action by the board of trustees, Elizabeth Hillman, the school s president, said in a letter posted online. ....