{"id":242,"date":"2023-04-25T13:34:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T17:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wwacd\/?p=242"},"modified":"2023-04-28T11:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T15:53:31","slug":"pilot-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wwacd\/pilot-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About<\/h2>\n

The pilot program for the Ada Comstock Scholars was initially founded in 1968 during the presidency of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall.1<\/a><\/sup> During this time, faculty and administration saw an influx of women over the age of “traditional” students come to Smith to start or complete a degree. While many of these “non-traditional” students, 18 in total, expressed a wish to be able to complete their program part-time, the college initially did not allow this. Despite this, many of the women finished their degrees with high honors and were proven to be excellent students.2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

By Any Other Name…<\/h2>\n
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Ada Comstock Scholars, 1973-1975. Box 14, Folder 1. CA-MS-00032 and Office of the President Thomas Corwin Mendenhall Files. Smith College Archives, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The program, originally called the “Mature Women’s Program”, changed its name in 1974 to the “Continuing Education Degree Program.”3<\/a><\/sup> to better suit the purpose of the program. However, it was eventually decided that ‘continuing education’ was too vague a term that was also used throughout Smith College and the term was deemed as “ill-defined,” and had an “implication of a subordinate or peripheral extension program.”4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The Mature Women’s Program was not widely publicized and was only open to those who had not previously attended Smith and were within commuting distance.5<\/a><\/sup> Despite this, 35 women who entered into the program from 1968 to 1975.6<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mendenhall Scholars Program Proposal<\/h2>\n\n

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  1. Ada Comstock Scholars, 1973-1975. Box 14, Folder 1. CA-MS-00032 and Office of the President Thomas Corwin Mendenhall Files. Smith College Archives, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts. ↩<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Ackelsberg, Martha A., et al. \u201cWomen, Welfare, and Higher Education: The Smith College Experience.\u201d Women, Welfare and Higher Education: Toward Comprehensive Policies, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1988, pp. 7. ↩<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Ackelsberg, Martha A., et al. \u201cWomen, Welfare, and Higher Education: The Smith College Experience.\u201d Women, Welfare and Higher Education: Toward Comprehensive Policies, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1988, pp. 7. ↩<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Ada Comstock Scholars, 1973-1975. Box 14, Folder 1. CA-MS-00032 and Office of the President Thomas Corwin Mendenhall Files. Smith College Archives, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts. ↩<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Ada Comstock Scholars, 1973-1975. Box 14, Folder 1. CA-MS-00032 and Office of the President Thomas Corwin Mendenhall Files. Smith College Archives, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts. ↩<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Ackelsberg, Martha A., et al. \u201cWomen, Welfare, and Higher Education: The Smith College Experience.\u201d Women, Welfare and Higher Education: Toward Comprehensive Policies, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1988, pp. 7. ↩<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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