Forty years after Mississippi University for Women started enrolling men, its president says the school should consider choosing a more inclusive name.
Previous attempts to remove “women” from the name, including the most recent one in 2009, have brought strong backlash from alumni of the school, nicknamed the W.
Men make up about 18% of the 2,700 students at MUW. In a letter to alumni, President Nora Miller said the university is creating a task force to examine a name change, the Commercial Dispatch reported.
Miller said she received a letter in May from the Deans Council at the university, acknowledging the current name presents “challenges.”
