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Sweet Briar long held a robust academic reputation.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Argetsinger|first1=Amy|title=Va. College Scores Well On New Test; Survey Finds Sweet Briar Among Best for Learning|newspaper=Washington Post|date=2000-11-27|id={{ProQuest|409045150}}}}</ref> During its first decade, Sweet Briar ran a "sub-college" department to prepare students for college-level work.<ref>{{cite news|title=SCHOLARSHIP FOR GIRLS.: Offered by Sweet Briar Institute to Candidates from the South|agency=Washington Post|issue=1877–1922|date=July 19, 1906|id={{ProQuest|144652429}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sciences Lead Course Choices At Sweet Briar|issue=1923–1954|newspaper=Washington Post|date=October 4, 1942|id={{ProQuest|151543550}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sweet Briar Strong On Foreign Affairs|issue=1923–1954|newspaper=Washington Post|date=August 28, 1949|id={{ProQuest|152108539}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Walzer|first1=Philip|title=SWEET BRIAR IN TOP TIER IN SURVEY OF COLLEGES|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_dat=news/0EAFF286D03D52F4&rft_id=info:sid/infoweb.newsbank.com&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=0D1A32A26AC93115|access-date=15 March 2015|publisher=The Virginian Pilot|date=November 26, 2000}}</ref> The original board of trustees appointed in Williams' will maintained that the college would be the academic equivalent of Smith, Wellesley and Mount Holyoke.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sweet Briar College: The New College for Women in Virginia|issue=29|publisher=Vogue|date=June 27, 1907|id={{ProQuest|904264663}}}}</ref> The difference in Sweet Briar's curriculum was the inclusion of "hands-on" or "practical" courses, as well as physical education, in accordance with Williams' directive that the school produce "useful members of society".<ref>{{cite web|title=Certificate for the Amendment to the Charter of Sweet Briar Institute, Granted by State Corporation of Commission, July 6, 1927|url=https://archive.org/details/copyofcharterofs00unse|website=Archive.org|access-date=15 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bulletin of Sweet Briar College: Sciences at Sweet Briar|url=https://archive.org/details/bulletinofsweetb525swee|website=Archive.org|year=1969|access-date=15 March 2015}}</ref> This forward-thinking approach evolved into the college's core mission, where students have direct access to their disciplines while gaining real-world and classroom learning experience. During the first few years of the college, this concept quickly gave way to a more traditional liberal arts curriculum.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bulletin of Sweet Briar College--Teaching at Sweet Briar|url=https://archive.org/details/bulletinofsweetb424swee|website=Archive.org|access-date=15 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Muhelfield|first1=Elizabeth|title=EDUCATION: TWO LEVELS, TWO VIEWS PRIVATE COLLEGES CHALLENGE, REWARD STUDENTS AFFORDABLY|url=https://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=4JGC-4X00-TXCG-82G3&csi=152567&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true|access-date=15 March 2015|publisher=Richmond Times Dispatch|date=July 31, 2005}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===2015Unsuccessful closureClosure attemptAttempt 2015===

====Pending closure announced by board====