Wilson College in the News

The Chronicle of Higher Education

• Seeking Enrollment Boost, Wilson College Will Admit Men (January 13, 2013)
• There Remains a Place for Women’s Colleges (January 28, 2013)
• Wilson College Lost Sight of Its Mission to Educate Women (January 30, 2013)
• Women’s Colleges Are Bastions of Empowerment (January 30, 2013)
• Armed With Data, a Women’s College Tries a Transformation (February 4, 2013)
• Poor Management, Not Women-Only Status, Is Wilson’s Problem (February 5, 2013)
• Wilson College Should Have Worked With Its Alumnae (February 6, 2013)
• Process That Brought Coeducation Was Rushed, Incomplete (February 7, 2013)
• Alumna Pledges $3.6-M for Wilson College's Shuttered Library (March 4, 2013)
• Wilson College Trustees Receive Demand to Rescind Decision (April 24, 2013)
• Wilson Has Failed to Carry Out Its Mission as a Women’s College (May 22, 2013)
• Wilson College Details Unusual Loan-Buyback Program (May 23, 2013)

Chambersburg Public Opinion

• UPDATE: Wilson College Trustees Vote to Admit Men (January 13, 2013)
• Wilson College Just Undermined Part of Its Product (January 17, 2013)
• An 'Obituary' for Wilson College (January 18, 2013)
• Details Trickling Out as Wilson College Plans for Male Undergrads and Adding Programs on Path to Sustainability (January 22, 2013)
• Wilson College Plans for Upgrade, Renovation of Library (February 14, 2013)
• Wilson Gets Request to Reconsider Coed Status (February 18, 2013)
• Alumna: Wilson College's Biggest Problem is Effective Marketing (March 1, 2013)
• Marguerite Lenfest Gifts $3.6 Million to Library Project (March 4, 2013)
• Wilson Names First Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach (March 22, 2013)
• Wilson College Alumnae Shouldn’t be Seen as Adversarial (March 23, 2013)
• Wilson Hires Miles Smith Jr. to Coach Men’s Basketball Team (March 31, 2013)
• Wilson College to Offer 5 Men’s Teams (April 6, 2013)
• Wilson College Gears Up to Accept College-age Men (June 19, 2013)
• Wilson College Launches Rehab/Construction Projects (June 22, 2013)
• Alumnae Still Fighting to Keep Wilson a Women’s College (July 14, 2013)
• Wilson College Plans to Add Five Men’s Sports Teams (July 21, 2013)
• Who Will be Wilson College's First Male Athlete? (July 21, 2013)
• Wilson College Focuses on Hiring Good Coaches (July 21, 2013)
• Adding Men’s Sports Should Help Enrollment at Wilson College (July 21, 2013)
• Facilities May Need Improvement With the Addition of Men’s Sports at Wilson College (July 21, 2013)
• Work to Ensure Wilson College's Success Will Continue (July 24, 2013)
• Wilson College Board Fracture Went Beyond the Personal (July 30, 2013)
• Grant Eases the Path for Older Female Students at Wilson (July 31, 2013)
• Wilson College's Financial Ranking in Forbes Rankles Some Alumnae (August 11, 2013)
• Male Freshmen Join Usual Female Ranks at Wilson College, Chambersburg (August 22, 2013)
• Wilson College Chooses Full-time Sports Information Director (August 23, 2013)
• Wilson Alumnae Get Hearing on Co-Ed Decision (August 23, 2013)
• County School Administrators Tour Wilson College, Talk Partnerships (November 13, 2013)
• Chambersburg Area School District Officials Discuss Wilson Possibilities (November 19, 2013)
• Wilson Names Jameson Wallace as First-ever Men’s Golf Coach (Dec 20, 2013)
• Date is Set for Alumnae to Protest a Co-Ed Wilson College (March 6, 2014)
• Wilson College Says New Library Addition Will 'Respect History' (March 31, 2014)
• Wilson College Tries to Change its Local Image (April 7, 2014)
• Wilson College Dispels Five Myths (April 8, 2014)
• Plans Progress for Wilson College Library Addition (May 6, 2014)
• Wilson College Hires First Ever Men’s Soccer Coach (May 13, 2014)
• State to Hear Arguments About Wilson College Going Co-Ed (June 10, 2014)
• State Hears Pros, Cons on Wilson College’s Switch to Co-Ed (June 17, 2014)
• Razing Library Annex is Next at Wilson College (June 24, 2014)
• Development Synergy Between Wilson, Downtown (June 26, 2014)
• Wilson College Changes Part of a Comprehensive Plan (July 3, 2014)
• Majority of Alums Back Wilson’s Plan (July 17, 2014)
• Wilson College Rolls Out Online RN Classes (August 12, 2014)
• First Male Residents at Wilson College Look to Break Stereotypes (August 20, 2014)
• Department of Education Approves Wilson College Charter Changes on Coeducation (January 8, 2015)
• State Education Department OKs Changes to Wilson College’s Charter (January 9, 2015)

Other Sources

• Lost Womyn’s Space: Wilson College (January 13, 2013)
• Wilson College's Coed Move Jars Some Alumnae (January 15, 2013)
• “And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy”: A Case for Women’s Colleges (February 6, 2013)
• Wilson College's Decision to go Coed (March 5, 2013)
• Wilson Alumnae are Strong (March 22, 2013)
• Wilson College Characterization Questioned (March 27, 2013)
• What's Happening To Women’s Colleges? (April 11, 2013)
• Will Student Debt Buyback Programs Catch On? (May 24, 2013)
• Former Carnegie Libraries Director Heads up ‘Rescue’ of Wilson College (June 22, 2013)
• Wilson College Welcomes First Male Undergrads in 144 Years (August 22, 2013)
• Wilson College Begins Co-Ed Era (August 26, 2013)
• Wilson College Welcomes Male Freshmen for the First Time (August 26, 2013)
• Wilson College Welcomes Male Students to Main Program (September 3, 2013)
• Should There Be More Women’s Colleges? (October 7, 2013)
• Wilson College Reduces Tuition, Unveils Unique Student Debt Buyback Program (October 15, 2013)
• Wilson College to Help Students Pay Off Loan Debts (October 16, 2013)
• Wilson College Makes Change to Co-Ed; Holds College Tours (November 19, 2013)
• Colleges Deploy Marketing Pizazz to Woo Students (November 30, 2013)
• Wilson College Changes Attract New Students (February 20, 2014)
• Do All-Female Colleges Have a Place in the U.S.? (February 20, 2014)
• Going Coed Often Only Option (March 3, 2014)
• Wilson College Should Remain a Women-only Institution (May 19, 2014)
• Wilson Women Fight Against Co-Ed Transition (June 9, 2014)
• Wilson College Should Continue as Women’s School (June 16, 2014)
• Wilson College Alums Oppose Alma Mater’s Switch to Co-Ed Residential Campus (June 16, 2014)
• Protesters Speak at Hearing over Wilson College Co-Ed Change (June 16, 2014)
• Wilson Alums Not Happy With Co-Ed Decision (June 16, 2014)
• Group Challenges Wilson College’s Decision to go Co-Ed (June 16, 2014)
• It’s Down to Interpreting One State Law in Wilson College’s Co-Ed Fight (June 17, 2014)
• After Admitting Men, Wilson College Faces Pushback (June 19, 2014)
• Wilson College Adapts Athletic Facilities for Male Students (July 16, 2014)
• In Going Co-Ed, Wilson College Took Necessary, Courageous Step (July 29, 2014)
• Franklin County Colleges Prepare for Freshmen (August 14, 2014)
• Few Area Colleges Bucking Trend of Increasing Tuition (August 17, 2014)
• Wilson College Opens Dorm-Room Doors for First Time to Male Students (August 20, 2014)
• Phoenix Coach Receives Remarkable Award (August 21, 2014)
• Undergraduate Male Students Move in at Wilson College, Once All-Women's (August 22, 2014)
• Men mark history at Wilson College, in Franklin County (August 25, 2014)
• The First Men Take Up Residence at Wilson College (August 29, 2014)
• Why Women’s Colleges Are Opening the Door to Men (September 29, 2014)
• Months After Hearing, No Decision on Wilson College (December 1, 2014)
• State Approves Wilson College’s Change to Co-Education (January 8, 2015)
• Wilson College Sees Growth and Change on Campus (January 27, 2015)