Weeks after Notre Dame of Maryland University announced that it would admit male undergraduates for the first time, some alumnae and current students are urging the school to reconsider the decision to make Maryland’s only women’s college coed.
The private Catholic university said in a statement earlier this month that the board of trustees unanimously voted to admit men in part because of falling enrollment trends for women’s colleges across the country and the growing educational needs of young men, who are graduating from college at lower rates.
The Sept. 13 announcement surprised alumnae and current students, who said they lacked a chance to share their views before the board voted.
