Mills
College, a women’s college, voted to allow men to enroll as a means to to help their
financial situation.
The decision
resulted in a 2 week strike by students and faculty. Over 300 students blockaded the
administration offices and boycotted classes. Faculty and alumni supported the
student movement by offering pay cuts, to teach more classes, to collect more
endowment pledges and more alumni donations, showing the administration they
could survive their financial needs.
On May 18, the trustees reversed their
decision, becoming the only women's college
that reversed its financial decision to become coed because of the will of its
students, alumnae, and faculty.
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