Almost 30 years ago, Trinity College, in Washington, D.C., faced a crisis familiar to many small institutions today: It lost the ability to attract the predominantly well-to-do women it had traditionally enrolled. So the Roman Catholic women’s college adopted a risky strategy. It changed its base, focusing instead on serving primarily African-American and Latina women who face financial disadvantages. Under the 26-year tenure of President Patricia A. McGuire, the college has not only stabilized but grown. A new science-and-technology building is under construction, and the five schools that make up the institution — now rechristened as Trinity Washington University — have an enrollment of more than 2,200.

March 25, 2015 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education