Radcliffe College

RADCLIFFE COLLEGE, an institution of higher education for women, dates from the beginning of instruction of women by members of the Harvard faculty in 1879, the Society for the Col legiate Instruction of Women being formally organised in 1882. The present name was adopted in 1894, in honour of Ann Rad cliffe, Lady Mowlson (ob. c. 1661), widow of Sir Thomas Mowl son, alderman and (1634) lord mayor of London; she was the founder (1643) of the first scholarship in Harvard college. From 1894 also dates the present official connection of Radcliffe with Harvard. The requirements for admission and for degrees are the same as in Harvard, and all diplomas are countersigned by an authorized official of Harvard and bear the university seal. In struction is given by members of the university teaching force, who repeat in Radcliffe many Harvard courses. Many advanced courses in Harvard, and to a certain extent laboratory facilities, are directly accessible to Radcliffe students, and they have un restricted access to the library.

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