New Jersey College for Women
| Established | 1918 (Degree-granting college); 2007 (residential college) |
|---|---|
| Dean | Jacquelyn Litt |
| Students | 2,500 |
| Location | New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA |
| Affiliations | Institute for Women's Leadership |
| Website | douglass.rutgers.edu |
Douglass Residential College, located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is a part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. It is a non-degree-granting organization which succeeded the liberal arts Douglass College (originally New Jersey College for Women) when it was merged with the other undergraduate liberal arts colleges at Rutgers–New Brunswick to form the School of Arts and Sciences in 2007.
Female students enrolled at academic undergraduate schools at Rutgers–New Brunswick, including the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Mason Gross School of the Arts, etc., may participate in Douglass Residential College, at which they must satisfy additional requirements specific to the college.
Douglass Through The Decades
1910 - 1919
New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs persuaded Mabel Smith Douglass to head a committee that would establish a women’s college as part of Rutgers University. Rutgers trustees agreed to the project, and the Federated Women’s Clubs raised funds to support it. In September 1918, the New Jersey College for Women opened its doors to 54 students.
1920 - 1929
The New Jersey College for Women grew rapidly during its first full decade of existence, establishing new academic departments, constructing five academic buildings and the Voorhees Chapel and opening of three residence campuses.
1930 - 1939
In this period, under Dean Margaret Trumbull Corwin, the harsh realities of the Great Depression stunted both growth in enrollment and construction of new facilities.
1940 - 1949
The decade opened with most of the college community actively supporting the allied cause in the World War II. With the war’s end and with the likelihood of greatly increased enrollments, Dean Corwin led the planning for a larger institution with new programs and facilities.
1950 - 1959
In 1955, the New Jersey College for Women became Douglass College, named in honor of its founder. Halfway through the decade, Dean Mary Ingraham Bunting moved into the Dean’s Home at 23 Nichol Avenue. She established new programs for summer research internships and college re-entry for mature women.
1960 - 1969
Dean Ruth Marie Adams oversaw the completion of the largest group of building projects in the college’s history: a library, the Neilson Campus residence and dining halls, the Gibbons residence complex and three new classroom buildings. She created the college’s first honors program and first program for economically disadvantaged students. The decade’s end saw the social upheavals of the civil and women's rights movement and the Vietnam War.
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