History and Mission of the College
A Brief History of Bryn Mawr College
When Bryn Mawr College opened its doors in 1885, it offered women a more ambitious academic program than any previously available to them in the United States. Other women's colleges existed, but Bryn Mawr was the first to offer graduate education through the Ph.D.—a signal of its founders' refusal to accept the limitations imposed on women's intellectual achievement at other institutions ...
Mission Statement
The mission of Bryn Mawr College is to provide a rigorous education and to encourage the pursuit of knowledge as preparation for life and work. Bryn Mawr teaches and values critical, creative and independent habits of thought and expression in an undergraduate liberal arts curriculum for women and in coeducational graduate programs in arts and sciences and social work and social research ...
Learn More »Plan for a New Century
President Nancy J. Vickers consulted extensively with members of the Bryn Mawr College community to formulate a Plan for a New Century that was unanimously approved by the College's board of trustees on March 4, 2000. The College has recently completed a successful fundraising campaign, titled "Challenging Women," that raised more than $230 million to support the plan's ambitious program.
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