U.S. House Sponsors Establish National Women’s Colleges & Universities Day

by Anastasia Baran | Apr 16, 2024

April 17, Los Angeles| Women’s College Coalition (WCC) representatives marked U.S. House Resolution 1091 creating and honoring National Women’s Colleges & Universities Day, to be celebrated on March 5 annually, with House Appropriations Committee Chair Emerita Kay...

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi Holds Discussion with Students from America’s Women’s Colleges

by Anastasia Baran | Mar 25, 2024

March 25, Los Angeles |The Women’s College Coalition (WCC) hosted Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, nineteen-term Congresswoman and alumna of Trinity Washington University, for a student-led discussion on “A Woman’s Path to Leadership” with Trinity student leaders on...

White House & Women’s College Coalition Mark Historic NASA Federal Investment in STEM Pathways for Female Students

by Anastasia Baran | Nov 3, 2023

November 03, Washington, D.C. | Last week, presidents of the Women’s College Coalition (WCC) met with the White House Office of Public Engagement, White House Gender Policy Council, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Space Council...

Under Secretary of Defense Joins Women’s College Presidents in Announcing Strategic Partnership to Address Federal Workforce Needs

by Anastasia Baran | Nov 3, 2023

November 03, Washington, D.C. | Presidents representing the Women’s College Coalition (WCC) met with Under Secretary of Defense for Engineering and Research, Heidi Shyu at the Pentagon to announce a strategic partnership to recruit women’s college STEM students for...

Seven WCC Institutions Awarded NASA Funding to Address the Gender Gap in STEM Fields

by Anastasia Baran | Jun 12, 2023

NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) will award more than $5 million in funding to 7 Women’s Colleges and Universities to research and advance solutions to close the gender gap for women in STEM. The selected institutions...

“Gender crisis is in pay, not college enrollment”, by President Carine Feyten – Texas Woman’s University

by Anastasia Baran | Jun 22, 2022

In a recent article published on The Dallas Morning News, Texas Woman’s University President, Carine Feyten, deploys recent research to illustrate how popular concerns over the “crisis” of male enrollment miss the point. Read how she...