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Peer reviewedStuder-Ellis, Erich M. – Social Forces, 1995
Examination of foundings of four-year women's colleges in three states, 1855-1968, reveals that institutional forces (presence of elite women's colleges, development of Catholic women's colleges, and enactment of the suffrage amendment) increased the founding rate, but rising organizational density later decreased the rate. Argues that…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, College Environment, Competition, Educational Development
