Single- and Mixed-Gender Colleges for Women: Educational, Attitudinal, and Occupational Outcomes.

Riordan, Cornelius

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ERIC Number: EJ456018

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Single- and Mixed-Gender Colleges for Women: Educational, Attitudinal, and Occupational Outcomes.

Riordan, Cornelius

Review of Higher Education, v15 n3 p327-46 Spr 1992

A study examined the effects of single- and mixed-gender colleges on women's education, using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Results indicate women's colleges have a strong, positive influence on educational and occupational achievement, self-esteem, self-control, and views on gender equality. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Coeducation, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Role Perception, Self Control, Self Esteem, Sex Role, Single Sex Colleges, Student Attitudes, Womens Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972

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