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This article reports on a decision by Regis College, in Weston, Massachusetts, to start admitting men in 2007. The Roman Catholic college cites the deficits that have been plaguing the institution for the past ten years as a need to increase enrollment. The college plans on creating a basketball team for the men, as well as instituting a recruiter for male students. Regis also plans on expanding their schools, by adding one for nursing and health and one for arts and sciences. Comments from the college's president, Mary Jane England, are presented.

The article reports that Deerfield Academy (DA) officials are helping to establish the Middle East's first coeducational boarding school at the request of King Abdullah II of Jordan, who graduated from DA in 1980. The King's Academy is scheduled to open in the fall of 2007.

The article reports that only 56 donors requested a refund of donations from Wheaton College after the institution announced that it will adopt a co-educational status. The refund offer was part of a settlement that involved several donors who claimed that they had been misled into believing that the donations were for women's education.

The article highlights concerns and issues relevant to the initiatives of the United States Congress to prevent co-ed physical education, which raises fears on the limitations of anti-sex-bias rules. The House amended an education appropriations bill to forbid the use of any funds by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to draft or enforce rules requiring such classes.

The article reports on the decision by the Marymount College of Virginia to change its name to Marymount University and become fully coeducational in the fall of 1987.

The article reports that the trustees of the Goucher College, a women's college, have voted to start accepting men to its undergraduate programs in 1987. The board followed a planning committee's recommendation that coeducation is the best way to maintain the college's quality and vitality. The college's graduate and continuing-education programs are already coeducational.

The article reports that the trustees of the Mount Holyoke College have voted to reject a proposal to make it a co-educational school in the U.S. in 1971.

The article reports on the decision by the trustees to accept resident male students at Mary Hardin-Baylor College in the United States, signifying the final stage in a three-year effort toward co-education. Since 1968, non-resident men have been permitted to take courses and receive degrees from Mary Hardin-Baylor College.

The article asserts that colleges which have converted to coeducation may be given up to seven years to embrace totally equal admission standards in the United States. This is according to a higher education bill being heard in the House of Representatives. Representative Edith Green hopes to pass a provision that would permit single-sex institutions to exist but, if they switch to coeducation, sex discrimination in admissions must be abandoned.

The article reports on the position of three U.S. colleges on the issue of coeducation. Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland has decided in favor of coeducation, while Temple Buell College and Randolph-Macon Woman's College have decided against coeducation. Johns Hopkins will admit between 50 and 75 women undergraduates to the sophomore and junior classes.

The article reports on the agreement of three universities to offer Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps programs for women, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. In the program, qualified coeducational schools have at least two years of graduate or undergraduate school left will work toward becoming commissioned officers.

The article reports on the decision of officials at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York to become coeducational. Sarah Lawrence College has total enrolment of 579 women students. It has already admitted six male transfer students. In September 1968, about 25 more men students will be admitted.