Simmons College

Simmons College is a women's college in Boston, Massachusetts. Simmons was founded by John Simmons in 1899 to educate women in useful professions, so they could have an independent livelihood. Simmons is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium.

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Simmons College - Women's college - Boston, Massachusetts - John Simmons - 1899 - Women - Colleges of the Fenway

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Its undergraduate program is single-sex, with 1800 students enrolled in the 2004-2005 academic year. The graduate schools (Library and Information Science, Social Work, Health Studies, Management, and an Arts and Sciences program which provide degrees in Education, Communications, and Liberal Arts) are mostly co-ed. Although these programs accept men, the fields in which Simmons offers degrees primarily appeal to women. The exception to the coed graduate programs is the School of Management, which provides the world's only MBA for women only.

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Library and Information Science - Social Work - Health Studies - Education - Communications - Liberal Arts - Co-ed - MBA

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Simmons alumnae include Nnenna Freelon, Gwen Ifill, Denise Dinovi and Helen Hennessy Vendler.

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Nnenna Freelon - Gwen Ifill - Denise Dinovi - Helen Hennessy Vendler

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