To Survive, Queens College Switched to Coeducation and Revamped Its Curriculum--And Now It's Added a Full-Scale Sports Program.

Lederman, Douglas

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To Survive, Queens College Switched to Coeducation and Revamped Its Curriculum--And Now It's Added a Full-Scale Sports Program.

Lederman, Douglas

Chronicle of Higher Education, v36 n23 pA43-45 Feb 21 1990

By adding several adult-education programs, enrolling undergraduate men, restructuring the undergraduate curriculum, and adding a comprehensive sports program, Queens College has tripled its enrollment and nearly quadrupled its endowment in 12 years. Some women who enrolled before it went coeducational resent how administrators have catered to the male students. (MLW)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Change, Coeducation, College Athletics, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Single Sex Colleges, Social Life, Student Attitudes, Womens Education

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