Editing Babson College (section)

===20th century===
[[File:The Babson Institute on Washington Street.png|thumb|left|The Babson Institute at its second location (1920–1922)]]
On September 3, 1919, with an enrollment of twenty-seven students, the Babson Institute held its first classes in the former home of Roger and Grace Babson on Abbott Road in Wellesley Hills.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} The institute's curriculum focused on practical experience. Students observed manufacturing processes during field trips to area factories and businesses, and viewed industrial films on Saturday mornings.

The institute also maintained a business environment as part of the students' everyday life. Studentes kept regular business hours and were monitored by punching in and out on a time clock. They were assigned an office desk equipped with standard machines. Personal secretaries typed the students' assignments and correspondence in an effort to accurately reflect the business world. Roger Babson aimed to "prepare his students to enter their chosen careers as executives, not anonymous members of the work force."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.babson.edu/About/History.cfm |title=Babson College: History |work=babson.edu |access-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228002014/http://www3.babson.edu/About/History.cfm |archive-date=December 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

In 1969, Babson converted its three-year [[Bachelor of Business Administration|Bachelor of Science in Business Administration]] degree into a four-year [[Bachelor of Science]] degree. That same year, the institute became a college, and women were admitted for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.babson.edu/about-babson/at-a-glance/babsons-history/timeline/Pages/default.aspx|title=Timeline – Babson History|first=Babson|last=College|website=www.babson.edu|access-date=August 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826071426/http://www.babson.edu/about-babson/at-a-glance/babsons-history/timeline/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=August 26, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>