Central Philippine University began admitting women in 1913 after a public condemnation from the president of the Philippines.
To accommodate the need for tertiary education in the area, a junior college was opened in 1923 and the name of the school was changed to Central Philippine College
; Herradura, Elma (1981), Scientia et Fides: The Story of Central Philippine University, Central Philippine UniversityValentine, Ina Van Allen, An Oral History, (Recorded in 1969 and printed by Alpine Vista Press, Longmont, Colorado, 2000)

