Alternative Women’s Cadet Plan Backed
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A private women’s college voted Thursday to go along with a plan to keep women out of the all-male Citadel, agreeing to sponsor an alternative program for women seeking to become cadets.
Converse College trustees approved by voice vote the state’s proposal to create a women’s leadership program, President Sandra Thomas said.
The $10-million program could begin by August, the deadline the courts have set for The Citadel to admit Shannon Faulkner as a cadet or provide her with an alternative.
Faulkner has been taking day classes at The Citadel under court order and has vowed to fight any alternative program.
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