Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University

institution, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University is a center for coeducational instruction in a wide range of disciplines, established in 1999 when Radcliffe College formally merged with Harvard University. Radcliffe College itself originated from informal instruction offered to women by Harvard faculty in the 1870s, eventually chartering as a college in 1894 to provide women with a full course of study. While it operated as a coordinate college, drawing resources from Harvard, graduates did not receive Harvard degrees until 1963. The institute continues Radcliffe's former fields of study and programs, while also introducing new areas like non-degree educational programs and the study of women, gender, and society.12

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…and a new school, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, was established. The institute focuses on Radcliffe’s former fields of study and programs and also offers such new ones as non-degree educational programs and the study of women, gender, and society.
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…and a new school, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, was established. The institute focuses on Radcliffe’s former fields of study and programs and also offers such new ones as non-degree educational programs and the study of women, gender, and society.
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