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The Sage Colleges on Monday announced plans to combine two undergraduate institutions: Russell Sage College and Sage College of Albany. Maintaining the two colleges is confusing and does not advance the Sage mission, said a statement explaining the shift. Russell Sage is a women's college.
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The statement said in part, "The reality of two campuses poses problems for students weighing Sage as a college choice: on one hand, the fundamental distinction between the two campuses lies in the programs offered; on the other hand, one campus is coed and the other is all women. That can lead prospective male students to think certain programs are off limits to them, even though all students can major in any program available. The Troy campus was opened some years ago to male attendance and male majors, but not to male residents (except for theater). The different general education curricula by campus complicate this imbalance."
On social media, some alumnae have complained about the decision to eliminate a separate women's institution.
