Vassar
Hudson Valley college
Vassar is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, founded in 1861 as one of the original Seven Sisters—elite women's colleges that served as counterparts to the Ivy League.
It became coeducational in 1969.
The name sometimes evokes old-money East Coast education: She went to Vassar.
New York riverside municipality
- Seven SistersFamous open star cluster
- coeducationTeaching all genders together
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
- undergraduateDegree-seeking college student
liberal arts · residential · selective · private · enrollment · admission · tuition · dormitory
Non-vocational higher education
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- seminarsStructured educational discussions
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
research · undergraduate · major · minor · electives · study abroad · interdisciplinary · independent study
Single-sex undergraduate institution
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- trailblazersThose who open territory
1861 · founding · historic · legacy · progressive · reformers · wartime · centennial
Venue for live drama
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- artsCreative disciplines collectively
- literaryOf written works
- a cappellaSinging without instruments
student groups · activism · progressive · quirky · creative · nonconformist · intellectual · diverse
Ubiquitous English surname
- WellesleyPrivate liberal arts college
- RadcliffeFormer women's college, Cambridge
- SwarthmoreElite Pennsylvania liberal arts college
- AmherstMassachusetts college town
Williams · Middlebury · Wesleyan · Oberlin · Pomona · elite · selective · prestigious
Poughkeepsie
New York riverside municipality
- Seven SistersFamous open star cluster
- coeducationTeaching all genders together
- campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
undergraduate · liberal arts · residential · selective · private · enrollment · admission · tuition · dormitory · quad
liberal arts
Non-vocational higher education
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- seminarsStructured educational discussions
- professorsHighest-ranking university instructors
thesis · research · undergraduate · major · minor · electives · study abroad · interdisciplinary · independent study · senior project
women's college
Single-sex undergraduate institution
trailblazers · 1861 · founding · historic · legacy · progressive · reformers · wartime · centennial · archives
theater
Venue for live drama
a cappella · student groups · activism · progressive · quirky · creative · nonconformist · intellectual · diverse · inclusive
Smith
Ubiquitous English surname
- WellesleyPrivate liberal arts college
- RadcliffeFormer women's college, Cambridge
- SwarthmoreElite Pennsylvania liberal arts college
Amherst · Williams · Middlebury · Wesleyan · Oberlin · Pomona · elite · selective · prestigious · private
- Liberal Arts CollegesAmherst, Williams, Swarthmore, Pomona, Middlebury
- East Coast CollegesHarvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown
- female educationfemale education, female scholars, women's universities, single-sex education, convent schools
- Hudson ValleyHudson River, Hudson River School, Henry Hudson, Kingston, Poughkeepsie
- New York EducationColumbia, Cornell, CUNY, SUNY, Syracuse
- Women's CollegesRadcliffe, Smith College, Smith, Wellesley, Seven Sisters
Vassarcommunity college
Two-year public institution
diploma mill · state school · for-profit college · vocational school · trade school
VassarBrigham Young University
Mormon-founded Utah university
military academy · West Point · Bible college · Texas A&M · engineering school
VassarYale
Ivy League institution
Harvard · Princeton · Dartmouth · West Point · The Citadel