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Ahlburg, Dennis A.; McCall, Brian P. – History of Education, 2021
This paper uses a newly discovered data set on examination results by gender from 1913 to 1986 to show that the gender gap in examinations at the University of Oxford has existed for over a century. We show that after declining for almost 70 years the gender gap in Firsts increased significantly after the introduction of coresidence -- the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Gender Differences, Scores, Foreign Countries
Ahlburg, Dennis A.; McCall, Brian P. – History of Education, 2020
This paper examines the impacts of co-residence (admitting women to men's colleges and men to women's colleges) at the University of Oxford beginning in the 1970s. Co-residence increased the representation of women undergraduates at Oxford to near parity with men; the representation of women in academic positions rose but not as substantially as…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Universities, Undergraduate Students, Females

Walton, Andrea – History of Education, 2002
Discusses coeducation efforts at prestigious U.S. higher education institutions in the 1880s, specifically Columbia University and Barnard College (New York City). Concludes that narrative concerning women at these institutions includes the perspective that women were institution builders despite limited notions about female access and…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Research

Dyhouse, Carol – History of Education, 2002
Explores reasons for the bitter controversy over coeducation in British universities. Focuses on male 'apostates' at the University of England (Bedford) women's college and female 'Uncle Tom's' at the University of Oxford. States politics and academic higher education relationships with each group were characterized by mistrust. (KDR)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Coeducation, Educational Environment, Educational History

Albisetti, James C. – History of Education, 2000
Focuses on British notions of U.S. coeducation, generally, and U.S. women's colleges, specifically. Examines topics such as coeducation in the era of the School Inquiry Commission, coeducation in the era of the James Bryce Commission, and English views of U.S. women's colleges. (CMK)
Descriptors: Coeducation, Colleges, Educational Attitudes, Educational History

Barnes, Sarah V. – History of Education, 1994
Asserts that, during the second half of the 19th Century, women in England and the United States increasingly sought and gained admission to higher education institutions. Describes the establishment of coeducation at the University of Manchester (England) and Northwestern University (Illinois) in terms of these cultural differences. (CFR)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Coeducation, Comparative Education, Cultural Traits