Concord Academy (also known as CA ) is a coeducational , independent college-preparatory school for boarding and day students in Concord, Massachusetts . CA educates approximately 400 students in grades 9-12. Unusually for a boarding school, a majority of CA students are day students.
114-471: Concord Academy was founded in 1919 by local residents Anne Bixby Chamberlin, a Wellesley College graduate, and Mrs. Henry F. Smith, Jr. Chamberlin, who had six daughters and two sons, was concerned that the closest high school for girls ( Winsor School ) was 20 miles away in the city of Boston. By contrast, her sons could attend Concord's Middlesex School , the all-boys high school where her husband worked. In 1922, Chamberlin and Smith transferred control over
228-615: A female seminary , it is a member of the Seven Sisters Colleges , an unofficial grouping of current and former women's colleges in the northeastern United States . Wellesley contains 60 departmental and interdepartmental majors spanning the liberal arts, as well as over 150 student clubs and organizations. Wellesley athletes compete in the NCAA Division III New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference . Its 500-acre (200 ha) campus
342-484: A sister school or as a prelude to absorbing CA entirely. CA students had been participating in Groton's theatrical productions (and vice versa) since the 1950s and also attended some of its campus programming, but large-scale academic cooperation had never occurred before. In 1968, CA, Groton, and Middlesex considered an academic exchange program, but the proposal was "quickly rejected as impractical" for logistical reasons,
456-652: A GSA at school is guaranteed by both the First Amendment to the United States Constitution (with regard to every level of schooling) and the federal Equal Access Act (with regard to secondary schools where other student clubs are allowed, with the definition of secondary school for purposes of the federal law including middle schools and high schools). Since 1998, there have been at least 17 federal court cases in which high school and middle school students have conclusively prevailed in defending
570-695: A GSA group called Ardhek Akash, which also produces a magazine of the same name. In recent months the group has formed new chapters at Jadavpur University and St. Xavier's College —also in Calcutta—and is looking to expand further. The first GSA in Mexico was begun by a group of students in 2004 at the American School Foundation , a private American school in Mexico City. The GSA was initially opposed by several school board members and
684-645: A GSA, but the school board met and publicly stated they wanted to prevent the formation of "gay clubs" in the school district. They then created a policy requiring parents to provide written permission before a student can join any club. Students then protested with support from the ACLU . Students at West Carteret High School in Morehead City, North Carolina tried to start a GSA but the Carteret County Board of Education turned it down. In 1999,
798-500: A baseball field, a field hockey field, and two soccer/lacrosse fields. A field house contains changing rooms, a training room, and a common room with fireplace. These new facilities freed up space on the main campus for expansion of academic and arts facilities. Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts . Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as
912-569: A co-curricular athletics program. To foster a noncompetitive environment, the school does not compute class rank and awards no academic, arts, athletic, or community awards during the school year or at graduation. The school's average combined SAT score is 1482 and the average combined ACT score is 34. Average SAT scores have increased by roughly 100 points in the last decade. In 2005, the school eliminated Advanced Placement courses due to their purported lack of curricular depth. They were replaced by advanced courses designed by CA faculty, although
1026-516: A group of student requested to start a GSA at Vanier Catholic Secondary in Whitehorse . The school initially denied this request as it conflicted with the school's Catholic, anti-gay policies. Students of the school protested the denial by wearing pink shirts and holding a sit-in at the Yukon legislative building and wearing rainbow socks to their graduation ceremony. Following the protests,
1140-406: A history teacher at the school who had just come out as gay, was approached by Meredith Sterling , a student at the school who was straight, but was upset by the treatment of gay students and others. Jennings recruited some other teachers at the school, thus forming the first gay–straight alliance. One of the first to join was Sterling's classmate S. Bear Bergman . Jennings credits students for both
1254-699: A joint five-year BA/MA program with Brandeis University 's International Business School, which allows qualified Wellesley students to receive a Masters of Arts degree from the school as well as a Bachelor of Arts at Wellesley. Wellesley College offers research collaborations and cross-registration programs with other Boston-area institutions, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Babson College , Olin College , and Brandeis University . Its most popular majors, based on 2023 graduates, were: The 2020 annual ranking of U.S. News & World Report categorizes admission to Wellesley as "most selective". For
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#17327722882221368-430: A meeting called by Phillips student Sharon Tentarelli for February 7, 1989, with little advance notice. A dozen people attended, including a mix of student, teachers, and staff. This was the second such group, after Concord Academy. The group was well-received, and some staff and faculty became supporters, both gay, and straight. Athletic director Kathy Henderson was one of the supporters, and she later went on to co-found
1482-399: A more generous financial aid policy than in years past. CA's endowment rose from $ 1 million in 1981 to $ 91 million in 2022. As with most boarding schools, full-pay boarding applications fell sharply in the 1970s. Unlike most boarding schools, however, day students once again comprised a majority of CA's enrollment by 1978, and remain a majority of the student body today. Other notable dates in
1596-487: A new town, Wellesley. Wellesley College was a leading center for women's study in the sciences. Between 1875 and 1921, Wellesley employed more female scientists than any other U.S. institution of high education. After MIT , it was the second college in the United States to initiate laboratory science instruction for undergraduates. In early 1896, Sarah Frances Whiting , the first professor of physics and astronomy,
1710-506: A policy which mandates that all school principals must establish a GSA if asked for one by students. The same year, the school board assigned a district consultant to provide support for GSAs within the city and host a monthly meeting for GSA members to network. In 2017, the NDP government of Alberta introduced Bill 24, the Act to Support Gay–Straight Alliances , which mandated that all schools within
1824-462: A preliminary injunction ordering the school to allow the GSA to meet. The right of students to establish a GSA at school is guaranteed by both the First Amendment to the United States Constitution (with regard to every level of schooling) and the federal Equal Access Act (with regard to secondary schools as long as other student clubs are allowed, with the definition of secondary school for purposes of
1938-539: A pro-LGBTQ group initiative known as 'Breaking Barriers' which was the first student-led campaign in India to address LGBTQI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex) issues. This group was first inspired to care and focus on the lives of oppressed students and hijras, a community of transgender women, intersex individuals, and eunuchs in India who are marginalized both socially and economically. At Presidency University, Kolkata , around 100 students have formed
2052-508: A quantum astrophysicist; Lorraine O'Grady '55, conceptual artist and cultural critic; Santha Rama Rau '45, writer; Marilyn Yalom '54, historian, feminist scholar; and Patricia Zipprodt '46, costume designer. Additional notable alumni include Jasmine Guillory '97, American New York Times Best-selling author, and Vicky Tsai '00, Tatcha Founder. Gay%E2%80%93straight alliance A gay–straight alliance , gender–sexuality alliance ( GSA ) or queer–straight alliance ( QSA )
2166-426: A recreational reading room, offices, archives, a reserve reading room, added space for rare books and additional stacks. The building underwent renovations from 1956 to 1959, that doubled its size. From 1973 to 1975 a major addition was added to the right-hand side of the building. In 1974 the building was renamed for Margaret Antoinette Clapp , a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and member of the 1930 class who served as
2280-414: A short race while rolling their hoops. In the early 20th century, the winner was said to be the first in her class to marry; in the 1980s, the winner was said to become the class's first CEO; and since the 1990 Commencement speech by then- First Lady Barbara Bush , the winner has been said to be the first to achieve success, however she defines it. The Wellesley campus sits just before the halfway mark on
2394-570: A shuttle to the Babson College and Olin College campuses. It is also a member of a number of exchange programs with other small colleges, including opportunities for students to study a year at Amherst , Connecticut College , Dartmouth , Mount Holyoke , Smith , Trinity , Vassar , Wesleyan , and Wheaton . The college has approximately 180 student organizations, ranging from cultural and political organizations to community service, publications, campus radio , and club sports . WZLY
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#17327722882222508-461: A small group of religious conservative parents. But the students eventually won and formed the student club. The GSA's co-advisor, Ian K. Macgillivray, wrote several articles detailing his students' experiences, as well as the book, Gay–Straight Alliances: A Handbook for Students, Educators, and Parents (2007, Harrington Park Press). The first GSAs in the Netherlands were started in 2009. At
2622-767: A talk on transgender rights and a performance by G.L.A.S.S., a local LGBTQ youth choir. As of 2011, 41% of schools in British Columbia were reported to have a GSA. The first GSA in Alberta was started in 2000 at the Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School in Red Deer . While members initially feared backlash, there was little-to-no negative reaction to the club. In 2011, the Edmonton public school board introduced
2736-736: A team for the first time in Wellesley history, with its first Varsity 8+ boat placing first and second Varsity 8+ boat placing second. This historic win marked the first time a team from Wellesley College won a national championship and the first time a women's college won the NCAA Rowing Championships. In 2022, Blue Crew won the NCAA Division III Rowing Championship as a team for a second time, with both its first Varsity 8+ and second Varsity 8+ boats placing second. In 2023, Blue Crew again won
2850-664: A trustee for twenty years. Both Madeleine Albright ('59), and Hillary Rodham Clinton ('69), have spoken about the formative impact their Wellesley experiences had on their careers. During her life, Secretary Albright returned annually to campus to lead the Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs , a month-long pedagogical seminar where students learn more about global affairs through analysis and action. Additionally, three U.S. ambassadors ( Julieta Valls Noyes , Anne Patterson , and Michele Sison ) are Wellesley alumnae. Soong Mei-ling ,
2964-759: A variety of other fields, ranging from government and public service to the arts. They include the first woman to be named professor of clinical medicine Connie Guion , class of 1906; architect Ann Beha , class of 1972; author Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (author and publisher) class of 1914; astronomer Annie Jump Cannon , class of 1884; archaeologist Josephine Platner Shear , class of 1924; astronaut Pamela Melroy class of 1983; screenwriter Nora Ephron , class of 1962; composers Elizabeth Bell and Natalie Sleeth ; and professor and songwriter Katharine Lee Bates . Journalists Callie Crossley , Diane Sawyer , Cokie Roberts , Lynn Sherr , and Michele Caruso-Cabrera also graduated from Wellesley as did Amalya Lyle Kearse , Judge on
3078-415: A website focused on GSAs and their role in making Canadian schools safer and more LGBTQ inclusive. Their website includes educational resources for GSAs and information about available bursaries and funding. While MyGSA previously included a directory of registered Canadian GSA, this feature is no longer available on their website. Prior to closing the public directory, more than 283 GSAs had registered with
3192-432: Is $ 12,825 total for four years. In its 2021 rankings of national liberal arts colleges in the U.S., U.S. News & World Report ranked Wellesley tied for fourth best overall, first for women's colleges, 13th for "best value", tied at 11th for "best undergraduate teaching", and tied at 63rd for "top performers on social mobility". In 2020, Washington Monthly ranked Wellesley 13th among 218 liberal arts colleges in
3306-672: Is a member of the NCAA NCAA Division III and the Eastern Conference Athletic Conference (ECAC) and competes primarily as a member of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC). The Wellesley College Crew Team, affectionately known as "Blue Crew", was founded in 1970 and was the first women's intercollegiate rowing team in the country. In 2016, Blue Crew won the NCAA Division III Rowing Championship as
3420-449: Is a student-led or community-based organization, found in middle schools , high schools, colleges , and universities. These are primarily in the United States and Canada. Gay–straight alliance is intended to provide a safe and supportive environment for lesbian , gay , bisexual , transgender , and all LGBTQ+ individuals, children, teenagers, and youth as well as their cisgender heterosexual allies . The first GSAs were established in
3534-409: Is adjacent to the privately owned Hunnewell Estates Historic District , the gardens of which can be viewed from the lake's edge on campus. The original master plan for Wellesley's campus landscape was developed by Olmsted, Arthur Shurcliff , and Ralph Adams Cram in 1921. This landscape-based concept represented a break from the architecturally-defined courtyard and quadrangle campus arrangement that
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3648-412: Is available, including a sustainable living co-op, a feminist co-op, and a French language house located slightly off-campus. Wellesley offers housing for Davis Scholars as well, though not for their children or spouses, which is a point of frequent debate on campus. For more than 50 years, Wellesley has offered a cross-registration program with MIT . Students can participate in research at MIT through
3762-474: Is currently conducting its Centennial Campaign, which seeks to raise $ 25 million for the endowment and/or unrestricted purposes and another $ 25 million for a new arts building. The demographic breakdown of the 395 students registered for the 2013–14 school year was: In the 2023–24 school year, 35% of CA students arrived from public or charter schools and the remaining 65% attended private, religious, or international schools (international students comprise 11% of
3876-701: Is one of the largest gender -focused social science research-and-action organizations in the United States. Located on and nearby the Wellesley College campus, WCW was established when the Center for Research on Women (founded 1974) and the Stone Center for Development Services and Studies at Wellesley College (founded 1981) merged into a single organization in 1995. It is home to several prominent American feminist scholars, including Jean Kilbourne and Peggy McIntosh . The current executive director of
3990-422: Is the college's campus radio station. It is entirely student-run and plays on 91.5 FM in the town of Wellesley and some surrounding areas. Founded in 1942, it holds claim to be the oldest still-running women's college radio station in the country. Publications on campus include Counterpoint , the monthly journal of campus life; The Wellesley News , the campus newspaper; International Relations Council Journal,
4104-412: Is the largest of any liberal arts college. In late 2015, the college launched another campaign, with a goal of $ 500 million. Many notable alumnae including Madeleine Albright , Hillary Clinton , Diane Sawyer , Susan Wagner , and Cokie Roberts collaborated on the campaign video and launch festivities. As of Fall 2017, over $ 446 million has been raised. The Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW)
4218-564: Is used by the college for a variety of religious and secular functions, like lectures and music concerts, and is also available for rental. The lower-level houses the Multifaith Center. In 1905 Andrew Carnegie donated $ 125,000 to build what is now known as Clapp Library, on the condition that the college match the amount for an endowment. The money was raised by 1907 and construction began June 5, 1909. In 1915 Carnegie gave another $ 95,446 towards an addition. This renovation added
4332-570: The Boston Marathon course, and students come out to cheer runners in what has become known as the "Scream Tunnel". Student have been cheering on runners since the first running of the marathon. In 1966 the school heard word that a woman was running in the race and turned out in numbers in cheer her on. Once women were officially allowed to register for the 1972 race, the campus cheer tradition became more popular. Wellesley's alumnae are represented among business executives and also work in
4446-755: The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) filed a Court of Queen's Bench challenge application claiming that prohibiting school officials from notifying parents when their child joins a GSA violates their constitutional rights. The New Democratic Party of Alberta filibustered for changes to the Bill 8 (The Education Amendment Act) since the United Conservative Party (UCP) defeated all amendments that would protect LGBTQ teachers and staff over their sexual orientation and gender identity. The UCP have removed protections that were in
4560-573: The NCAA Division III Rowing Championship as a team, with its first Varsity 8+ boat placing first and second Varsity 8+ boat placing second. Wellesley also fields club teams in archery, alpine & Nordic skiing, equestrian, ice hockey, rugby, sailing, squash, Ultimate Frisbee, and water polo. Squash was originally a varsity sport but was downgraded to a club sport status in 2017. From 1943 to 1946, Judy Atterbury won multiple national intercollegiate women's tennis championships in both singles (1943, 1946) and doubles (1943, 1944). Nadine Netter won
4674-724: The Orange Unified School District in Orange County, California moved to prohibit the formation of a GSA at El Modena High School . The students then sued the school board, claiming that their rights under the First Amendment and the 1984 Equal Access Act had been violated. In the first-ever ruling of its kind, Judge David O. Carter of the United States District Court for the Central District of California issued
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4788-890: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit , Sandra Lynch , United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and political scientist Jane Mansbridge , class of 1961. Rebecca Lancefield , a member of the National Academy of Sciences , graduated from Wellesley, as did Alice Ames Winter (B.A. 1886; M.A. 1889), president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs . Adaline Emerson Thompson , class of 1880, later served as
4902-596: The United States Secretary of Education , Arne Duncan , released a video on YouTube commemorating GSA Day and endorsing GSA clubs in schools. Approximately 28 per cent of participants at GSA Network identify as heterosexual. Some students face opposition from school administrations, elected school boards, or local communities in starting a school GSA. In 2015, students at Brandon High School in Rankin County, Mississippi , attempted to start
5016-847: The University of Canberra , Macquarie University , University of Western Sydney , Curtin University , various family planning and HIV prevention groups, government bodies and Uniting Church organizations. In 2016, Bulgaria became the first country in the Balkans to open a gay–straight alliance in Sofia American College . As Canada has two official languages , LGBTQ student clubs may be referred to as gay–straight alliances (GSA), queer-straight alliances (QSA), alliance allosexuelle-hétérosexuelle (AAH), or alliance gaie-hétéro (AGH). In May 2010 Egale Canada launched MyGSA.ca,
5130-510: The University of Chicago , as the first permanent headmistress. To raise money, the trustees added a small boarding department, which charged the then-astronomical sum of $ 1,500 a year. (For comparison, in 1922 the University of Pennsylvania charged $ 675 for tuition, room, and board, and even the pricier all-boys boarding schools charged around $ 1,200.) Even so, for most of CA's early history, day students significantly outnumbered boarders. The school's financial situation remained tenuous even after
5244-651: The wealthiest towns in Massachusetts .) 41% of CA's financial aid awards went to families with incomes under $ 100,000, and 80% went to families with incomes under $ 200,000. CA's financial endowment stood at $ 91 million in 2022. In its Internal Revenue Service filings for the 2021-22 school year, CA reported total assets of $ 166.8 million, net assets of $ 142.6 million, investment holdings of $ 93.4 million, and cash holdings of $ 19.4 million. CA also reported $ 26.3 million in program service expenses and $ 5.4 million in grants (primarily student financial aid ). The school
5358-430: The "New Dorms", referring to the east-side dormitories erected in the 1950s, and multiple "Branch Halls", including both a Spanish and French-speaking house. In total, Wellesley offers 17 different residence halls for students to live in. The most recent master plan for Wellesley College was completed in 1998 by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. According to the designers, this plan was intended to restore and recapture
5472-545: The 1980s. In 2018, Concord Academy banned former headmaster Russell Mead (1971–76) from the campus following reports of inappropriate conduct with a female student in the 1960s, when Mead was an English teacher. The current head of school is Henry Fairfax, who began leading Concord Academy in July 2022. Concord Academy follows a semester program, where most courses are term-based or year-long. The school's curriculum comprises more than 230 courses in eight academic disciplines, and
5586-658: The 1980s. Scientific studies show that GSAs have positive academic, health, and social impacts on schoolchildren of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity . Numerous judicial decisions in United States federal and state court jurisdictions have upheld the establishment of GSAs in schools, and the right to use that name for them. The first gay–straight alliance was formed in November 1988 at Concord Academy in Concord, Massachusetts , when Kevin Jennings ,
5700-429: The 2017 Bill 24, Bill 8 allows for students to be outed by school teachers, administration or staff if a student asks for there to be a GSA or QSA. Albertan schools are no longer compelled to act in an urgent manner in the student's request for a GSA or QSA, allowing the school to take as much time as desired without facing penalties that were in Bill 24. In Saskatchewan , Carlton Comprehensive High School houses one of
5814-580: The 2023-2024 admissions cycle (enrolling Fall 2024), the college was test-optional and did not publish standardized testing statistics for the class of 2027 as of July 2024. The college is need-blind for domestic applicants. The college's admissions policy was updated in 2015 to allow trans women and non-binary people assigned female at birth to be considered for admittance. The first Wellesley transgender students enrolled in Fall 2017. Wellesley began its program for non-traditional students in 1971 when
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#17327722882225928-531: The B.C. Safe Schools Task Force on anti-bullying, and delivering workshops to students and educators about LGBT-sensitive inclusive language and how to start GSAs. In early 2002, the Pinetree GSA held the first Pride Day at a high school in Canada. The Pride Day included an information fair with booths from various local LGBTQ organizations, PrideTalk workshops delivered in numerous classes, and an assembly with
6042-512: The Class of 2023 (enrolling fall 2019), the middle 50% range of SAT scores was 680–750 for evidence-based reading and 680–780 for math, while the middle 50% range for the ACT composite score was 31–34 for enrolled first-year students. For the incoming class of 2028, Wellesley received a record number of applications, totaling over 8,900 applications, and 13% of applicants were offered admission. During
6156-636: The Continuing Education Program was launched. This program was renamed in 1991 for Elisabeth Kaiser Davis, a member of the Class of 1932. Wellesley allows applicants older than 24 who had begun but have not completed a bachelor's degree to apply to the Elizabeth Kaiser Davis Degree Program. Davis Scholars are fully integrated into the Wellesley community; they take the same classes as traditional students and can choose to live on campus. According to
6270-651: The Eastern Women's College Tournament in 1962, and was the Eastern Intercollegiate Champion and New England Intercollegiate women's Tennis Championship winner in 1965. In both 2016 and 2023, Wellesley College's first Varsity 8+ boat became a national champion in its event at the NCAA Rowing Championships. Wellesley College Crew Team's head coach, Tessa Spillane, was voted the NCAA Division III Rowing Coach of
6384-670: The Federal Court ruling in Utah–East High Gay/Straight Alliance v. Board of Education of Salt Lake City School District . This ruling found that denying access to a school-based gay–straight alliance was a violation of the Federal Equal Access Act giving students the right to use facilities for extra curricular activities at any school that receives public funding—regardless of private standing or religious affiliation. On January 24, 2012,
6498-602: The Field of Women's Health at Harvard Medical School , as well as professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health . Johnson succeeded H. Kim Bottomly to become Wellesley's 14th President in July 2016. Wellesley's fund-raising campaign in 2005 set a record for liberal arts colleges with a total of $ 472.3 million, 18.1% more than the goal of $ 400 million. According to data compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education , Wellesley's campaign total
6612-475: The GLSEN two years later, along with Kevin Jennings of Concord Academy. Described as "perhaps the most important precursor of the GSA movement," Los Angeles' Project 10 is seen as the start of the GSA movement. Founded in 1984, Project 10 was widely recognized as the first organized effort to provide support for LGBTQ youth in schools across the United States. The majority of its facilitators were heterosexual, and
6726-670: The Great Depression, and in the 1949-50 school year, the school recorded the largest financial loss in its history. The school reached national stature under heads of school Elizabeth Blodgett Hall (1949–63) and David Aloian (1963-71). CA's expansion during this period was fueled almost exclusively by tuition money and project-specific donations; when Hall stepped down in 1963, the financial endowment stood at just $ 112,000. (The endowment would not reach $ 1 million until 1981.) To finance her aspirations for CA, Hall aggressively courted wealthy, high-achieving boarding students from across
6840-619: The Jewett Arts Center, designed by Paul Rudolph . The collections span from ancient art from around the world to contemporary art exhibitions, and admission is free to the general public. The current president of Wellesley College is Paula Johnson . Johnson previously founded the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women's Hospital . She was the Grace A. Young Family Professor of Medicine in
6954-654: The Manitoba government introduced Bill 18, The Public Schools Amendment Act (Safe and Inclusive Schools) . This act required school board to accommodate all student requests to form GSAs. The first elementary school GSA in Ontario was started in 2008 at the Sunnyside Public School in Kitchener . In Ontario , Arnprior District High school, a small rural Ottawa Valley town started a GSA created by
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#17327722882227068-782: The National SEED Project, the National Institute on Out-of-School Time, Open Circle, the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, and Women's Review of Books. Wellesley's average class size is between 17 and 20 students, with a student-faculty ratio of 7:1. 60 departmental and interdepartmental majors are offered. Wellesley offers support to nontraditional aged students through the Elisabeth Kaiser Davis Degree Program, open to students over
7182-680: The OUTShine GSA National Summit in 2013, they funded the Triangle Program at OASIS Alternative School, designed for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students who are at risk of dropping out or committing self-harm because of harassment in regular schools. As of 2011, 37% of schools in Ontario were reported to have a GSA. In 2008, the non-profit organization Pride in Education was founded to protect
7296-509: The U.S. based on its contribution to the public good, as measured by social mobility, research, and promoting public service. In addition, Forbes ' 2019 "America's Top Colleges" ranked the institution 44th among 650 U.S. colleges, service academies and universities. Wellesley College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education . Approximately 98% of students live on campus. Some cooperative housing
7410-723: The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). In recent years, cross-registration opportunities have expanded to include nearby Babson College , Brandeis University , and Olin College of Engineering . To facilitate cross-registration, the Wellesley College Senate bus connects Wellesley to the Harvard University and MIT campuses in Cambridge, Massachusetts ; additionally, the college also operates
7524-551: The Wellesley Centers for Women is Layli Maparyan. Since 1974, the Wellesley Centers for Women has produced over 200 scholarly articles and over 100 books. The Wellesley Centers for Women has five key areas of research: education, economic security, mental health, youth and adolescent development, and gender-based violence. WCW is also home to long-standing and highly successful action programs that engage in curriculum development and training, professional development, evaluation, field building, and theory building. Those programs include
7638-439: The Wellesley web site, Davis Scholars' "diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives enrich the lives of the whole student body." For the 2024–2025 school year, Wellesley's annual tuition was $ 92,060 per year, the first tuition cost for a Boston-area school (along with Boston University ) to exceed $ 90,000 annually. In 2020–2021, the average annual aid offer was over $ 56,000. The maximum loan level for other students on aid
7752-435: The Year in 2010–11, 2015–16, and 2021–22. Additionally, Wellesley College Crew Team's coaching staff received the 2015–16 and 2021–22 CRCA NCAA Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year awards. Hoop rolling is an annual tradition at the college that dates to 1895. Each upperclasswoman has a wooden hoop, often passed down to her from her "big sister". Before graduation, the seniors, wearing their graduation robes, run
7866-415: The Yukon Department of Education overturned the school's policy regarding GSAs as it did not meet the mandates outlines in the department's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Policy The only GSA in Nunavut is at Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit . In 2008, students at The University of Hong Kong founded Queer Straight Alliance (QSA), a registered society under Hong Kong laws. For several years it
7980-422: The age of 24. The program allows women who, for various reasons, were unable to start or complete a bachelor's degree at a younger age to attend Wellesley. Wellesley offers dual degree programs with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Olin College of Engineering , enabling students to receive a Bachelor of Science at those schools in addition to a Bachelor of Arts at Wellesley. Wellesley also has
8094-465: The beginning of 2011, a nationwide campaign was started on television to promote GSAs in Dutch schools, featuring several well-known young actors and singers. A number of GSAs already exist in a wide variety of Dutch schools throughout the country, most of them at the university level, but increasingly popular on secondary school level. Nelson College , the Nelson College for Girls , Nayland College and other schools have had GSAs set up, often with
8208-400: The beginning of the 20th century, described Wellesley's landscape as "not merely beautiful, but with a marked individual character not represented so far as I know on the ground of any other college in the country". He also wrote: "I must admit that the exceedingly intricate and complex topography and the peculiarly scattered arrangement of most of the buildings somewhat baffled me". The campus
8322-683: The building is the Galen L. Stone Tower, housing a 32-bell carillon , which is routinely played between classes by members of the Guild of Carillonneurs. Houghton Chapel was dedicated in 1899 in the center of the college campus. The architectural firm of Heins & LaFarge designed Houghton of gray stone in the classic Latin cross floor plan. The exterior walls are pierced by stained glass windows. Window designers include Tiffany ; John La Farge ; Reynolds, Francis & Rohnstock ; and Jeffrey Gibson . The chapel can seat up to 750 people. Houghton
8436-676: The center of Concord, Massachusetts . The campus includes eleven historic houses on Main Street, all built as family homes between 1780 and 1830. It is a three-minute walk from the center of Concord and a five-minute walk from the MBTA Commuter Rail stop in Concord. Among the campus buildings are the PAC (Performing Arts Center), the SHAC (Student Health and Athletic Center), the main school,
8550-401: The college consisted of one very large building, College Hall, which was approximately 150 metres (490 ft) in length and five stories in height. It was completed in 1875. The architect was Hammatt Billings . College Hall was both an academic building and a residential building. On March 17, 1914, it was destroyed by fire, the precise cause of which was never officially established. The fire
8664-598: The college was the Wellesley Female Seminary ; its renaming to Wellesley College was approved by the Massachusetts legislature on March 7, 1873. Wellesley first opened its doors to students on September 8, 1875. At the time of its founding, Wellesley College's campus was actually situated in Needham ; however, in 1880 residents of West Needham voted to secede and in 1881 the area was chartered as
8778-464: The day students commute to school on MBTA Commuter Rail . Students participate in a variety of clubs, performing arts groups, and other activities. The campus is a short walk from restaurants and shops in Concord, and students have easy access to Cambridge and Boston via commuter rail. Concord Academy's primary campus sits on 39 acres (16 ha) between Main Street and the Sudbury River in
8892-470: The eighth college president from 1949 to 1966. The Davis Museum, opened in 1993, was the first building in North America designed by Pritzker Prize -winning architect Rafael Moneo , whose notion of the museum as a "treasury" or "treasure chamber" informs its design. The Davis is at the heart of the arts on the Wellesley campus adjacent to the academic quad and is connected by an enclosed bridge to
9006-512: The establishment of the club, as well as for setting the agenda of struggling against homophobia, and for changes to CA's nondiscrimination policy. Jennings would go on to co-found the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in Boston in 1990. According to a thirty-year retrospective about the history of the group, Concord Academy reported in 2018 that students at the academy had renamed
9120-562: The federal law including middle schools and high schools). GSAs cannot be banned if other non-curricular student clubs are allowed to exist at the school. The Federal Equal Access Act and the First Amendment of the US Constitution establish the requirement of equal treatment for all non-curriculum related clubs regardless of the content of speech at the club meetings. In the United States, the right of students to establish
9234-568: The first GSA movements in the city of Prince Albert . The first GSA in the city of Saskatoon first met on March 18, 2003, at Mount Royal Collegiate . Since then, GSAs have been established at Nutana, Walter Murray , Evan Hardy , Marion Graham , Bedford Road and Aden Bowman Collegiates. The city of North Battleford Saskatchewan, had their first GSA in 2004 at Sakewew High School, a First Nations school. Saskatchewan's first GSA summit took place on April 15, 2016, in Saskatoon. In 2013,
9348-415: The fledgling school to a board of trustees, who reorganized CA as a non-profit corporation. The reconfigured Concord Academy's aims were explicitly college-preparatory, which was unusual for a girls' school at the time, and the administration warned that "[p]upils with definitely low scholastic aptitude ought to be in a different type of school." The trustees hired Elsie Garland Hobson, a 1916 Ph.D. graduate of
9462-492: The formation of "tolerance clubs" and student associations. Gay–straight clubs were to be specifically mentioned in that act. The main focus of that Bill 14 would be to counterattack bullying of students, particularly those of a racial or sexual minority. Beyond a school group the Toronto District School Board has been committed to an unwritten alliance with their students. In addition to co-hosting
9576-742: The formerly all-boys' schools, CA administrators sought to maintain the quality of the student body by expanding the size of its applicant pool. In addition, CA's consultants projected that the school's operating deficit would increase significantly without the addition of boys. The school's academic reputation allowed it to survive the growing pains of coeducation. A 1996 study found that 29% of CA graduates went on to Ivy League colleges, tied with Phillips Exeter Academy for fifth among Northeastern boarding schools. CA also ranked sixth among Northeastern boarding schools in 2015 for its students' average SAT scores. In recent years, organized fundraising efforts have generated an endowment whose income allows CA to offer
9690-403: The free exercise of their civil rights on this issue, with federal courts consistently ruling that students have both a right to establish a GSA at school and to use the name Gay–Straight Alliance instead of an alternative name. In 2000, the United States District Court for the Central District of California ruled in favour of high school students whose attempt to form a GSA had been blocked by
9804-399: The globe. Enrollment reached 200 by 1954, but was outpaced by applications for the boarding program, which received four applications for every opening by the early 1960s and comprised 58% of the school by 1966. To accommodate more boarders, CA discontinued its lower grades (which admitted only day students) in 1961. In 1971, Harvard's student newspaper reported that Concord Academy "sits at
9918-419: The group "a few years ago" to "Gender Sexuality Alliance". Faculty mentor Nancy Boutilier said, "That gay–straight language was really important at the time. Times change, though. To students today, that sounds so binary." A few months after Concord started the first Gay Straight Alliance club, another Massachusetts preparatory school north of Boston, Phillips Academy , started one of their own. It began with
10032-423: The group Safe Schools Coalition Victoria piloted a system of reducing homophobia though teacher training and student groups that promote inclusion of LGBTQ young people, which ran from 2014 to 2017. Started by The Foundation for Young Australians and Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria, along with La Trobe University, the program was expanded to run Australia wide. The program was supported by Beyondblue , Headspace ,
10146-606: The internationally oriented campus publication; The Wellesley Review , the literary magazine; and W.Collective , the fashion and lifestyle magazine. Wellesley fields 13 varsity sports teams – basketball, crew, cross country, fencing, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Wellesley does not have a mascot in the traditional sense – its sports teams are referred to both individually and collectively as "the Blue" (the school colors are royal blue and white). Wellesley
10260-814: The loss of the Central College Hall in 1914, the college adopted a master plan in 1921 and expanded into several new buildings. The campus hosted a Naval Reserve Officer Training program during the Second World War , and the College President Mildred McAfee took a leave of absence to lead the Women's Reserve of the U.S. Navy. She received the Distinguished Service Medal in 1945. Wellesley College began to significantly revise its curriculum after
10374-454: The newly built CA Labs, and the MAC (Math and Arts Center). The Elizabeth B. Hall Chapel is a 19th-century meetinghouse that was transported to Concord from Barnstead, New Hampshire in 1956. It serves as a meeting place three times per week for the entire Concord Academy community. The 13-acre Moriarty Athletic campus, completed in 2012, is a mile from the main campus. It includes six tennis courts,
10488-548: The organizations are in the United States, but are beginning to spread, particularly in Canada. As of July 2020, as reported by the media Star Observer , Australia has one gay–straight alliance set up within the Melbourne Grammar School . However, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada and some parts of the United States have had gay–straight alliances within schools for decades. In Australia,
10602-425: The original landscape character of the campus that had been partially lost as the campus evolved through the 20th century. In 2011, Wellesley was listed by Travel+Leisure magazine as one of the most beautiful college campuses in the United States. Wellesley is home to Green Hall, completed in 1931, the only building bearing the name of famed miser Hetty Green ; the building was funded by her children. Part of
10716-418: The province allow student to create a GSA, allow them to explicitly name it a gay–straight alliance or queer-straight alliance, and prohibits school officials from notifying parents if their child joined a GSA. Schools that do not comply with the bill's requirement are subject to lose government funding. Following the release of the bill, there was disapproval from some politicians and parents. In April 2018,
10830-632: The public, in 2013. In 1998, The Youth Project, a non-profit focused on LGBTQ youth in Nova Scotia , received funding from Health Canada to increase education about LGBTQ in schools. Through this initiative, the organization was able to found the first GSA in Nova Scotia at Millwood High School . The Youth Project currently hosts a list of all GSAs in the province on their website. The first GSA conference in Newfoundland and Labrador
10944-599: The safety and wellbeing of LGBTQ students in New Brunswick . In 2010, they held the first annual Pride in Education GSA Conference for students and teachers interested in creating GSAs. The first GSA in New Brunswick was founded in 2013 at Woodstock High School following the suggestion of Svend Robinson . The University of Prince Edward Island 's Social Justice Studies program founded shOUT!, an annual conference aimed as GSAs but open to
11058-481: The school board, in the case of Colin v. Orange Unified School District . In 2009, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida ruled in favor of high school students whose attempt to form a GSA had been blocked by the school board, in the case of Gay–Straight Alliance of Yulee High School v. School Board of Nassau County , with the federal court also ruling that the school must allow
11172-487: The school still offers AP exams for those who wish to take them. Tuition and fees for the 2023-2024 academic year are $ 74,690 for boarding students and $ 59,820 for day students. The school commits to award financial aid that meets 100% of admitted students' financial need. 27% of the student body is on financial aid , which covers, on average, $ 65,503 for boarding students (88% of tuition) and $ 28,442 (48% of tuition) for day students. (Concord and its surroundings are some of
11286-465: The school's history include the dedication and expansion of the Elizabeth B. Hall Chapel in 1984 and 2004–05, the dedication of the J. Josephine Tucker Library in 1987, the opening of expanded athletic facilities in 2012, and the reopening of the renovated science center in 2016. The nation's first Gay-Straight Alliance chapter was established at Concord Academy by history teacher Kevin Jennings in
11400-495: The student body). Concord Academy students play on 28 teams in 23 sports; about 75 percent of students play on at least one team each year. Teams compete in the Eastern Independent League (EIL) . Boarding students live in three girls' houses and three boys' houses, each holding an average of 25 students. Day (commuting) students comprise 60% of the student body and boarding students 40%; around one-third of
11514-465: The students in 2009. This GSA won one of three Jer's Vision "Youth Role Model of The Year" awards in April 2009. The next year a GSA was founded by students in 2010 at Renfrew Collegiate Institute in the town of Renfrew . In December 2011, the government of the most populous Canadian province, Ontario, announced it would bring a legislation making it mandatory for all publicly funded schools to support
11628-530: The students to use the name Gay–Straight Alliance instead of an alternative name that excludes the term Gay . In 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit unanimously ruled in favor of middle school students whose attempt to form a GSA had been blocked by the school board, in the case of Carver Middle School Gay–Straight Alliance v. School Board of Lake County, Florida . Worldwide, gay–straight alliances are not as common as
11742-630: The top of the pile in terms of popularity." In the 1960s and 1970s, Concord Academy was confronted with two major issues: the American upper class' decreasing interest in boarding schools, which caused an industry-wide shortfall of tuition dollars, and the fact that most boys' boarding schools were shifting to coeducation, "which meant that fathers who had attended them could now send their daughters to their alma maters." Several boys' boarding schools (including Exeter , Groton , St. Paul's , and neighboring Middlesex ) sought closer ties with CA, either as
11856-508: The towns of Concord and Groton being 20 miles apart. Groton's alternative proposal to relocate CA to the town of Groton was also declined. A two-week exchange program with New Hampshire-based St. Paul's School made The New York Times but did not result in closer cooperation. In 1971, Concord Academy became the first all-girls' boarding school in New England to shift to a coeducational model. Faced with competition for talented girls from
11970-563: The war and through the late 1960s; in 1968, the college began its exchange programs between other colleges in the area such as MIT. In 2013 the faculty adopted an open-access policy to make its scholarship publicly accessible online. The school has admitted transgender, non-binary, and genderqueer students since adopting an inclusive admissions policy in 2015. The 500-acre (200 ha) campus overlooks Lake Waban and includes evergreen, deciduous woodlands and open meadows. Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. , Boston's preeminent landscape architect at
12084-502: The website. Currently there are no federal laws in Canada regarding GSAs. Any laws are specific to each province or territory. The first GSA in Canada was started in 1998 at Pinetree Secondary School in Coquitlam , British Columbia. The start of the Pinetree GSA garnered national media attention, and its members continued to play a role in public affairs by meeting with successive provincial Ministers of Education, testifying before
12198-1003: The wife of former President Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China , graduated from Wellesley. Other notable Wellesley graduates who have received the college's Alumnae Achievement Award include: Anna Medora Baetjer , class of 1920, public health expert, physiologist, toxicologist; Marian Burros '54, journalist, food writer; Sally Carrighar , class of 1922, writer, naturalist; Elyse Cherry '75, an entrepreneur, financial, and social equity activist; Suzanne Ciani '68, electronic music composer, recording artist; Phyllis Curtin '43, opera singer; Jocelyn Gill '38, astronomer; Marjory Stoneman Douglas , class of 1912, environmental activist, author; Persis Drell '77, particle physicist; Nora Ephron '62, writer and director; Helen Hays '53, ornithologist; Dorothea Jameson '42, psychologist; Jean Kilbourne '64, media educator; Judith Martin '59, (pen name Miss Manners ) author; Nergis Mavalvala '90,
12312-610: Was among the first U.S. scientists to conduct experiments in X-rays . The first president of Wellesley was Ada Howard . There have been thirteen more presidents in its history: Alice Freeman Palmer , Helen Almira Shafer , Julia Irvine , Caroline Hazard , Ellen Fitz Pendleton , Mildred H. McAfee , Margaret Clapp , Ruth M. Adams, Barbara W. Newell , Nannerl O. Keohane (later the president of Duke University from 1993 to 2004), Diana Chapman Walsh , H. Kim Bottomly , and current president Paula Johnson . The original architecture of
12426-481: Was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and houses the Davis Museum and a botanic garden . Wellesley was founded by Pauline and Henry Fowle Durant , believers in educational opportunity for women, who intended that the college should prepare women for "...great conflicts, for vast reforms in social life". Its charter was signed on March 17, 1870, by Massachusetts Governor William Claflin . The original name of
12540-459: Was first noticed by students who lived on the fourth floor near the zoology laboratory. It has been suggested that an electrical or chemical accident in this laboratory—specifically, an electrical incubator used in the breeding of beetles—triggered the fire. A group of residence halls known as the Tower Court complex is located on top of the hill where the old College Hall once stood. After
12654-494: Was held at Corner Brook Regional High in 2013. While the Yukon Department of Education does not have specific legislation regarding GSA, it does have a policy which mandates safety and inclusion for LGBTQ students which has been used in the justification for GSAs. Additionally, the territory mandates that all schools must appoint a staff member as a "safe contact" to provide support for LGBTQ students. In 2013,
12768-507: Was named after the commonly-held statistic that 10 per cent of the adult male population is "exclusively homosexual". Project 10 focused on issues such as substance use , and discussing issues of high-risk sexual behaviour. The first GSA was started in 1988, in Concord, Massachusetts at Concord Academy by Kevin Jennings . The first public school gay–straight alliance was started at Newton South High School ( Newton, Massachusetts ) by teacher Robert Parlin. GSAs made headlines in 1999 with
12882-580: Was the only GSA in the city, and it serves students in all campuses through social activities, career support and advocacy. In more recent years, university students in the city have formed other student LGBTQ groups. However, GSA efforts in secondary schools remain limited, if any. The first GSA in India was started in Tagore International School in New Delhi in 2014 by a group of students and their mentor Shivanee Sen who had formed
12996-471: Was typical of American campuses at the time. The 720-acre (2.9 km ) site's glaciated topography, a series of meadows, and native plant communities shaped the original layout of the campus, resulting in a campus architecture that is integrated into its landscape. The campus offers multiple housing options, including Tower Court, which was built after College Hall burnt down, the Quad (Quint, including Munger),
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