it's beenan institution in women's education since 1852.cia carries on this important legacy. >> wh part of the east coast? >> new jesey. >> new jersey. good. welcome. >> if you come to mills clege, you will find a community that is here to suprt you. you will find a community that expects that you will do well and will do everything psible to help you do well. mills is a place wre we expect excellence, an mills is a place filled with people who expect excellencef you. >> reporter: as president of mills college in oakland, alicia has high expectations for her studen and herself. a mindset she learned at an early age. >> i come from a long line of very strg, independent women. and so my mother,my aunts, they were all role mode for me. they are the ones who instilled in me my love of education, my work ethic, my values system, ou know, all of the things that are the foundation of who and what i am i think came from them. >> reporter: after a 30-year career at eli lilly a company, alicia decided to explore a new path of education. >> throughou