Common lit: Women’s colleges play a unique role in quest for equality. 2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. "Women's colleges have by definition led progress toward
equality between the sexes since their founding in the
19th century - and, I would argue, they lead it today.” (
Paragraph 1)
B. “There are several critical components of the heightened
academic achievement of women's college graduates." (
Paragraph 5)
C. "As one young alum put it recently, a women's college
experience 'gives you the confidence to believe that you
can do anything you set your mind to...It's cool to be
intelligent." ( Paragraph 7)
D. "Women's knowledge and skill is not all that's required for
gender equity in the workplace, but it is a necessary
condition" ( Parapranh 8)