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Sports became a big part of college in the 1900s and focused on character and teamwork. Yale became the most successful and well-known football program in the nation. Their football system soon spread to other universities.

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College Football is one of the most watched sports today. There are approximately 858 football colleges. Today, Collegiate football ranks third in overall popularity in the United States, behind baseball and pro football.

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Between the years 1880 and 1920 the "Seven Sisters" became colleges for women with the goal of providing them with access to higher education.

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Some colleges allowed both men and women to enroll. Coeducation first became widespread throughout colleges and universities of the West and Midwest. However, women were often treated poorly and were excluded from campus events and organizations.

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Women noticed they were being treated poorly by the men, so one women student wrote a funny poem to counter the men's teasing:

Never broke a regulation
Never told a lie
Never want to have a vacation
When I don't know why
Always love to go to sections
Love to go to bed
Never nibble sweet confections
When I am not fed

You may gather from these data
Just how good I be!
I'm as proud of Alma Mater
As she is of me!

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Universities that Resisted Coeducation in the 1900s

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Universities that Resisted Coeducation in the 1900s

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Today, all of these colleges are coed.

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Failing in Preparing Students for National Politics

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Failing in Preparing Students for National Politics

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The "college system" in the early 1900s was failing to make students ready for roles in national politics. Undergraduates took no interest in national events and were instead focused on campus life such as clubs and honor societies.

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Today, there are still around 33 women-only universities in the United States.

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Roosevelt was a Havard graduate and was elected four terms as president from 1933 to 1945. He went against the usual college life of Havard and his "New Deal" was known as a "traitor to his class". He put in new social and tax policies seen as going against the upper class.

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Howard University was one of the first to offer Black students the ability to get a liberal arts high education called an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). They had a strong commitment and high morale to provide strong educational leadership. However, they had little time or money for student life activities as other colleges did.

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Another one of the first Black colleges was Fisk University. Both Howard and Fisk gave some of their self-rule to bring in substantial endowments and resources to underfunded colleges.

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Mt. Auburn Street Near Harvard and Student Unions

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Mt. Auburn Street Near Harvard and Student Unions

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The student body at colleges and universities was expanding and so was the student union movement as more and more students were becoming outsiders. College administrators wanted to try and limit the residential groups forming such as Mt. Auburn Street. This is where very expensive dorms were found that housed rich undergraduates. Student unions were a big gain for commuter students and other outsiders it did not help the congregation of other students' living arrangements. Rich students avoided using student union facilities.

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Many colleges hold an event for students on National Voter Registration Day to get students engaged and informed ahead of upcoming elections. They make sure students are aware of the steps to become a registered voter to exercise their right to vote. Some colleges hold forms and bring Politicians on campus to hold discussions and get students involved in government.

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These are all the HBCUs available today. Howard and Fisk were the beginning of making these possible.

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This is a picture at Clark University in 2020 where the Black Student Union is demanding that the University Police stop carrying weapons, for the university to hire more Black mental health practitioners, and for racial bias incident reports to undergo an investigation to name a few. Student Unions today are focused on the ever-changing needs of all students and are still apart of many college campuses today.

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Notable firsts and milestones. https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2023-08-04/college-football-history-notable-firsts-and-milestones
Ramos, G. D. (2020, November 4). Clark University’s Black Student Union demands admin do more for black students. Worcester Magazine. https://www.worcestermag.com/story/opinion/2020/11/04/clark-universitys-black-student-union-demands-admin-do-more-black-students/6124837002/
National Center for Education Statistics. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Home Page, a part of the U.S. Department of Education. (n.d.). https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=667#:~:text=In%202021%2C%20there%20were%2099,private%20nonprofit%20institutions%20(source). https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/morrill-act
NCAA.com, S. P. |. (2023, August 4). College football history:
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