Sweet Briar College to close: Are women's colleges still relevant?

Sweet Briar College will be closing their doors permanently this summer due to financial issues. The private women's college in Sweet Briar, Virginia announced the upcoming August 25 closure Tuesday in a news release.

You might be wondering why I've chosen to write about an announcement that a small, but historic women's liberal arts college is planning to close. What does that have to do with atomic energy? The college, Sweet Briar 

After living and breathing dance for the past four years, three Sweet Briar seniors will share the results of their hard work in a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. are deeply personal, ranging from a piece on PTSD, a topic “near and dear” to her heart because of her father's experience as a Vietnam veteran, to “Timing,” which deals with her own emotional, mental and financial struggles as a first-generation college student who is finding her voice away from home.

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has lowered its rating on Amherst Industrial Development Authority, Va.'s series 2006 educational facilities revenue refunding bonds, issued for Sweet Briar College to B-minus from BBB and placed the rating on 

Anna ten Bensel, (cq) with glasses, comforts fellow sophomore Lauren Jacobson Tuesday, March 3, 2015, after hearing the news that Sweet Briar College will close at the end of the school year. The president announced the closing in Babcock Auditorium.