Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Harvard admitted its first black student in 1847; Cornell did so in 1869. Point to Harvard. However, Cornell had existed for only four years before admitting its first black student; whereas Harvard had existed for 211 years …

In reply to Roderick T. Long. I noticed that. Harvard didn’t go fully co-ed until 1977. Malkiel is very adamant that Harvard followed Princeton, not vice versa. Actually, her larger point is that the decision to go co-ed was at least as much fina…

All-male education was taken for granted in the United States and Britain until the 1960s or 70s I’m proud to say that Cornell, my doctoral alma mater, has been co-educational since 1870. LikeLiked by 1 person

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