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30-714: Sophia College (Autonomous) is an undergraduate women's college established in 1941 by Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus . It is affiliated to the University of Mumbai . The governing body of The Society for the Higher Education of Women in India runs the college. The Religious Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and lay staff form the staff of the college. Sophia , as the name suggests, stands for Wisdom in Greek Σοφία. The Society of

60-481: A few coeducational colleges (such as Oberlin College founded in 1833, Lawrence University in 1847, Antioch College in 1853, and Bates College in 1855), most colleges and universities of high standing at that time were exclusively for men. Critics of the girls’ seminaries were roughly divided into two groups. The reform group, including Emma Willard , felt seminaries required reform through “strengthening teaching of

90-546: A finishing school. Nonetheless the finishing school characterization persisted, and may have contributed to declining enrollment, financial straits, and the school's near closure in 2015 . The continuing relevance of women's colleges has been questioned. While during the 1960s there were 240 women's colleges in the U.S., only about 40 remain as of 2015. In the words of a teacher at Radcliffe (a women's college that merged with Harvard ): "[i]f women’s colleges become unnecessary, if women’s colleges become irrelevant, then that’s

120-441: A girls' or women's finishing school (sometimes called a charm school) focuses on social graces such as deportment, etiquette, and entertaining; academics if offered are secondary. The term finishing school has sometimes been used or misused to describe certain women's colleges. Some of these colleges may have started as finishing schools but transformed themselves into rigorous liberal arts academic institutions, as for instance

150-437: A given plan.” Another notable figure was Mary Lyon (1797-1849), founder of Mount Holyoke College , whose contemporaries included Sarah Pierce ( Litchfield Female Academy , 1792); Catharine Beecher ( Hartford Female Seminary , 1823); Zilpah P. Grant Banister ( Ipswich Female Seminary , 1828); George Washington Doane (St. Mary's Hall, 1837 now called Doane Academy ). Prior to founding Mount Holyoke, Lyon contributed to

180-547: A life of the mind. The first college to partially realise Astell's plan was Whitelands College , a women's teacher training college opened in 1841 by the Church of England 's National Society and since 2004 part of the University of Roehampton . Whitelands was followed by two colleges in London, Queen's College in 1848 and Bedford College in 1849. Queen's College developed into a girls' public school and Bedford College became part of

210-637: A sign of our [women's] success." Brescia University College is Canada 's only extant university-level women's educational institution. Brescia is affiliated with and located on the campus of the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario . Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia was originally founded as a women's college in 1875, but became co-educational in 1967. Most major universities in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are composed of two branches:

240-540: A women-only branch and a similar male-only branch. This includes the following universities: The following are female-only institutions: Mary Astell advocated the idea that women were just as rational as men, and just as deserving of education. First published in 1694, her Serious Proposal to the Ladies for the Advancement of their True and Greatest Interest presents a plan for an all-female college where women could pursue

270-503: Is Khan , Rock On , Kai Po Che , Student of the Year and Raees . She has recently edited films like Kedarnath , Drive and the much talked about biopic on Sachin Tendulkar , Sachin: A Billion Dreams . Deepa believes that editing is making something the best it can be. In her own words, "A movie is written thrice. Once, when it is written, the second, when it is directed, and

300-623: Is recognised by the Directorate of Art, Government of Maharashtra, conducts the following courses: Foundation Art, Diploma in Applied Art, and Diploma in Textile Designing The Social Communications Media Department (SCM Sophia), conducts a one-year, full-time, integrated post-graduate diploma course in social communications media that is open to forty bright young women and men. The course is affiliated to

330-628: The Association of American Colleges and Universities , NAICU and others, the Coalition makes the case for women's education and women's high schools and colleges to prospective students, families, policy and opinion makers, the media, employers and the general public. Deepa Bhatia Deepa Bhatia is a Bollywood film editor , producer and director based in Mumbai. She is known for editing commercially successful films like Tare Zameen Par , My Name

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360-574: The Star Screen Awards . Apart from her career as a film editor in Bollywood , she has also directed and produced a critically acclaimed documentary titled Nero’s Guests: The Age of Inequality about farmer suicides in Maharashtra . The documentary won two awards at Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF). It took Deepa 5 years to direct and a year to edit this challenging documentary. Deepa

390-483: The United States were a product of the increasingly popular private girls' secondary schools of the early- to mid-19th century, called "academies" or "seminaries." According to Irene Harwarth, et al., "women's colleges were founded during the mid- and late-19th century in response to a need for advanced education for women at a time when they were not admitted to most institutions of higher education." While there were

420-610: The University of London before merging with another women's college. The first of the Cambridge women's colleges, Girton , which opened in 1869 initially in Hitchin , claims to be the first residential college in Britain to offer degree level education to women. Somerville and Lady Margaret Hall in Oxford opened in 1879. Existing women's colleges: Former women's colleges: Women's colleges in

450-898: The Bachelor of Mass Media was introduced. In July 2018, the University Grants Commission (UGC) granted autonomy to Sophia College for Women. Sophia Polytechnic is a further education college in Mumbai , India. It is predominantly a women’s polytechnic, but male students are admitted to the courses of the Hospitality Studies (HAFT) Department as well as in the Social Communications Media (SCM) course. Departments include Hospitality Studies (HAFT), Art and Design, Dress Designing and Garment Manufacturing, and Social Communications Media. The Department of Art and Design, which

480-580: The Sacred Heart , a Roman Catholic religious order was founded in France in 1800, by St. Madeleine Sophie Barat , a young Frenchwoman. Mother Catherine Andersson from South Shields brought the Society to India in 1939. The Sophia College campus area and the land in the vicinity belonged to the British East India Company , and was later subdivided and sold. The property changed several hands before it

510-753: The University of Bombay granted permanent affiliation to the college. In 1952, the Science Faculty was started with classes up to the Intermediate Science level. Karuna Mary Braganza , who would later receive the Indian civilian honour of the Padma Shri , took over as the Principal of the college in 1965. In 1966, the Intermediate Science course was extended into a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1970, Sophia Polytechnic

540-414: The University of Mumbai’s Garware Institute of Career Education and Development. The course offers documentary film production, photography, journalism, corporate communication and advertising. Alumni of this degree include Deepa Bhatia , Reema Kagti , Richa Chadha , Anubha Bhosle , Rasika Dugal Women%27s colleges A women's college offers an academic curriculum exclusively or primarily, while

570-455: The core academic subjects.” Others felt seminaries were insufficient, suggesting “a more durable institution--a women’s college--be founded, among them, Catharine E. Beecher . In her True Remedy for the Wrongs of Women (1851), Beecher points out how “seminaries could not offer sufficient, permanent endowments, buildings, and libraries; a corporation whose duty it is to perpetuate the institution on

600-462: The development of both Hartford Female Seminary and Ipswich Female Seminary. She was also involved in the creation of Wheaton Female Seminary (now Wheaton College, Massachusetts ) in 1834. The Women's College Coalition is an association of women's colleges and universities (with some observers/participants from the single-sex secondary/ high schools ) that are either two- and four-year, both public and private, religiously-affiliated and secular. It

630-400: The most drastic downward spiral in its history. Additionally, the landscape of education dramatically changed as many previously all-male high schools (both private/independent and public) along with the colleges, many of which were either forced by official actions or declining attendance figures to become coeducational, thereby offering women many more educational options. At the same time with

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660-420: The now defunct Finch College . Likewise the secondary school Miss Porter's School was founded as Miss Porter's Finishing School for Young Ladies in 1843; now it emphasizes an academic curriculum. A women's college that had never described itself as a finishing school can acquire the misnomer. Throughout the 114-year history of the women's college Sweet Briar , students and alumnae have objected to calling it

690-504: The nucleus of the present science building. In 1917, Hormusji Nosherwanjee Vakeel bought the property and added the east-west wing. In 1923, the house was occupied by the Maharaja of Indore before the Maharaja of Bhavnagar bought the house in 1937. In 1939, Archbishop Thomas Roberts S. J. of Bombay invited the Sacred Heart nuns to start a women's college in Bombay and in 1940, The Society bought

720-505: The past several years, the Women's College Coalition engaged in research about the benefits of a women's high school and/or college education in the 21st century. Drawing upon the findings of research conducted by the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and Hardwick-Day on levels of satisfaction among students and alumnae at women's colleges and coeducational institutions, as well as

750-560: The property. The Home and Social Culture centre was formally opened by Archbishop Roberts and the name adopted; Mother Andersson became the first principal. In 1941, the Arts Faculty was started. The University of Bombay granted temporary affiliation to the college for first year and intermediate classes. In 1942 the extension of affiliation was granted for Bachelor of Arts classes. In 1945, the Sophia motto, crest and colours were adopted. In 1950,

780-483: The similar changes forced on women's institutions, both private and public secondary schools along with the colleges/universities, forced a number of the larger number of girls schools to also coeducate. By the late 1970s, women's enrollment in college exceeded the men's and, today, women make up the majority of undergraduates (57% nationally) on college/university campuses. Women earn better college grades than men do, and are more likely than men to complete college. During

810-929: The third, when it is edited. It is unfortunate that editors don't get their due. It frustrates me when people think cutting is editing." In 2010, UTV World Movies chose her as the personality of the month to pick four movies of her choice from the channel's collection. The movies she picked were Machuca , Cousin Cousine , Twin Sisters and 8 Women . Deepa started her career by assisting directors before venturing into full-time into post-production. She has over 20 years of experience as an editor and has worked with directors like Govind Nihalani ( Dev , Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa , Deham ) and Jahnu Barua ( Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara , Har Pall ). Her editing work on films like Kai Po Che and Rock On has been one of her most noteworthy projects and has bagged her awards like

840-666: Was acquired by the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1940 from the Maharaja of Bhavnagar . A part of the property was given to the Parsi family of Ashburner in the early 19th century. The bungalow which is now the main building was named Somerset House after Sir Henry Somerset , one of the commanders-in-chief of the Bombay Presidency . In 1882, the property was acquired by the Honourable Badruddin Tyabi. He built Somerset Annexe,

870-458: Was founded in 1972, at a time in which the " Civil Rights Movement ", the " Women's Rights Movement ", and Title IX , as well as demographic and technological changes in the 1960s brought about rapid and complex social and economic change in the United States . These societal changes put increasing pressure of perceived "unpopularity" and "old fashioned" perceptions and opinions placing the concept of " single-sex education " for both women and men on

900-675: Was introduced. In 1975, the Junior college was introduced. In 1978, the postgraduate Diploma Course in Clinical Analysis was started. In 1993, the post graduate diploma course in Quality Assurance in the Food and Pharmaceutical Industries was introduced. At the start of the 21st century, the Sophia Centre for Women's Studies and Development and Sophia Andersson Annexe was inaugurated. Later in 2003,

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