Editing Western College Program (section)

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The '''Western College Program''' was created in 1974 when the [[Western College for Women]] merged with [[Miami University]]. The program consisted of an [[interdisciplinary]] living/learning community with small class sizes and student-designed focuses. Majors included Interdisciplinary Studies, Environmental Science, and Environmental Studies. Academics were divided into three core areas: Creativity and Culture, Social Systems, and Natural Systems.

Western, also known as the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, was cited as a primary reason for Miami University making the list of "[[Public Ivies]]" in Richard Moll's book, ''The Public Ivies: A Guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Moll |first1=Richard |title=The Public Ivys: A guide to America's Best Public Undergraduate Colleges and Universities |year=1985 |publisher=Viking Press |location=New York |isbn=0-670-58205-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/publicivysguidet0000moll }}</ref> In the mid-1960s, when it was the Western College for Women, the campus served as the staging ground for [[Freedom Summer]], a voter registration drive in Mississippi.