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<p>Looks like they are leaning that way.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149189877079&path=%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149189877079&path=&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>But what on earth what they call themselves? There is already a Randolph-Macon College in VA that is co-ed.</p>

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<p>And there already is a Lynchburg College. Hmmmmmmmmmm.
RM People's College??</p>

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<p>And what are all the guys at Hampden-Sydney going to do?</p>

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<p>From the news article:

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Opening enrollment has been considered at many nearby single-sex colleges in recent decades. Sweet Briar College in Amherst and Hampden-Sydney College in Hampden-Sydney decided to remain single-sex schools, while Radford University, Longwood University, University of Mary Washington and others have not

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<p>This is a pretty misleading statement. Radford, Longwood and UMW are all state schools. I don't know all the details of exactly when they went co-ed, but I don't see how they had any choice in the matter in light of the VMI and Citadel court decisions.</p>

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<p>Rutgers has kept Douglass as an all female college. I guess no one has complained but soon it will be merged into a single RU campus in NB.</p>

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<p>the gentleman at Hampden-Sydney will do what they have always done. Go the the surroanding campuses for fun.</p>

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<p>In today's Washington Post, there is a Letter To The Editor regarding this issue.</p>

<p>p. B-08 (9/3/06). I can't find the online link.</p>

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<p>if u or someonce could find it it would be great.</p>

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<p>It doesn't take a long look at their annual report to see the reasons for considering the change.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.rmwc.edu/strategicplan/pdf/presidents_report_05.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.rmwc.edu/strategicplan/pdf/presidents_report_05.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Their tuition discount rate is a whopping 62%. They receive, on average, less than $8,000 per student in net tuition revenue and only $14,600 in total per student revenue and fees. They are spending $32,700 per student. They project the discount rate to increase in order to maintain current enrollment levels.</p>

<p>They have been spending from the endowment at 6.6%, well above the 4% to 5% range considered to be sustainable in light of long term returns and inflation.</p>

<p>Interestingly, they have aggressively pursued international students. Even though they have to discount tuition more heavily for internationals, these students tend to stay in school and graduate so they generate more 4-year revenue than domestic students who only graduate at a 62% rate. With a surplus of beds, the internationals provide much needed enrollment.</p>