{"id":1158,"date":"2017-04-28T15:24:25","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T20:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/?page_id=1158"},"modified":"2018-12-06T11:07:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T17:07:38","slug":"men-admitted","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/men-admitted\/","title":{"rendered":"Men Admitted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By the end of the 1960s it was clear that a new \u201crevolution in higher education\u201d was coming, and Maryville was ready to respond by reinventing itself to meet the needs of students while remaining financially solvent. <\/p>\n<a href=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/men-admitted.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/men-admitted-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"men-admitted\" width=\"400\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/men-admitted-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/men-admitted-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/men-admitted-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.maryville.edu\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2017\/04\/men-admitted.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Key among the changes was the decision to admit men in 1968. Soon afterward, a near financial crisis led to the absorption of the Mercy Junior College nursing program, and the creation of Maryville\u2019s Department of Nursing and Allied Health (forerunner of today\u2019s Walker College of Health Professions). <\/p>\n<p>Strategic partnerships with other local colleges expanded program options for Maryville students, and new programs and majors were added at an accelerated pace.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharing-default-minimal post-bottom\"><div class=\"nectar-social default\" data-position=\"\" data-rm-love=\"0\" data-color-override=\"override\"><div class=\"nectar-social-inner\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"nectar-love\" id=\"nectar-love-1158\" title=\"Love this\"> <i class=\"icon-salient-heart-2\"><\/i><span class=\"love-text\">Love<\/span><span class=\"total_loves\"><span class=\"nectar-love-count\">0<\/span><\/span><\/a><a class='facebook-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-facebook'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='twitter-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa icon-salient-x-twitter'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='linkedin-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Share this'> <i class='fa fa-linkedin'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Share<\/span> <\/a><a class='pinterest-share nectar-sharing' href='#' title='Pin this'> <i class='fa fa-pinterest'><\/i> <span class='social-text'>Pin<\/span> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the end of the 1960s it was clear that a new \u201crevolution in higher education\u201d was coming, and Maryville was ready to respond by reinventing itself to meet the needs of students while remaining financially solvent. 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