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Earwood-Smith, Glenda – Journal of the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors, 1985
Single-sex honor societies changed membership requirements to admit members of both sexes in response to Title IX of the 1972 Education amendments. A 1982 study examining the effect of this transition on the sex make-up of members, officers, and faculty advisers revealed that women students were competing equally with men students for leadership…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Higher Education, Honor Societies