August 17, 2016

When World War I enlistments threaten enrollment, Drexel responds in 1918 by creating the Students Army Training Corps, which allowed men to attend college while enlisted in the military. The women are offered the new “War Courses for Women, which are designed to prepare them for government jobs that were mainly secretarial, with a little extra administrative and statistical training. Drexel also launches a new major in dietetics in 1918 that is the first in the nation to be recognized by the Army Medical Corps as preparation for work in military hospitals.