This study questions the widely held assumption, particularly in the United States, that coeducation is best. Previous research supports the development of single-sex education for both female and male students. This study examines how the learning climate of the coeducation environment seems to affect the character development of female business…

Compared mission statements of 23 women's colleges with women's studies programs, 23 women's colleges without women's studies programs, and 21 coeducational colleges with women's studies programs. Found some consistent qualitative differences between mission statements of women's colleges and those of coeducational institutions with women's…

The diary of Lydia Short indicates that college study at Butler University provided somewhat more positive experiences for women than scholars such as Jill Conway, Ronald W. Hogeland, and LeeAnna Lawrence found in other coeducational institutions where women still occupied their prescribed roles. The second woman to graduate from Butler University…

This article contrasts the personal philosophies of Horace Mann and feminist Olympia Brown as manifested in the educational policies and daily school life at Ohio's Antioch College during the early years of the "great experiment" with "equal" coeducation. (JDH)

A project was undertaken to provide information about three types of education options available to undergraduate women: internships, women's studies classes, and skills development classes or workshops. Eight schools participated in the study: Wellesley College, Mt. Holyoke College, Cedar Crest College, Wells College, Westbrook College, Mt.…

The early women college students were pioneers. They had a difficult time obtaining an opportunity for a college education, because college was not thought to be necessary for the women of the 19th century. By overcoming many obstacles, these early college graduates were able to reap the rewards of an intellectually stimulating career. This study…

Describes results from 1985 interviews, asking college women how the type of school, coeducational or women's, influenced their choice of study or occupation in the hard sciences or engineering. Argues coeducational schools reinforce discrimination against and disadvantage females. Commends feminists' demands for greater sensitivity in detecting…

The process of developing a new course on women and the content of such a course are described. Four issues are examined: separation vs integration of course content; sexism vs racism; intellectual vs experiential learning; and women only vs coeducational enrollment. (Author/LBH)

This occasional newsletter summarizes a variety of activities concerning women on campuses and in the job market across the United States. Topics covered in the newsletter are affirmative action and employment, education of women, coeducation and admissions, and sports. A number of specific reports of activities are found under each topic. For…

This report assesses how the classroom climate is affected by classroom structure, power dynamics within the classroom, different pedagogical styles, the curriculum, and the relationships between male and female students. Data come from quantitative and qualitative studies in classrooms at all levels and in related settings, along with surveys,…

This paper explores how students from three different high schools (one all female, one all male changing to coeducation, and one previously all female, and now coeducational) experience school culture, how institutions, through their policies and practices, communicate normative behavior about gender, and how gender is communicated through…

Reviews the history of arguments opposing coeducation in the university setting. Traces the arguments chronologically in order to detect patterns and processes. Concludes that, although the Victorian fears of association between males and females are no longer accepted, our patriarchal institutions remain intact in higher education. (KO)

Nineteenth-century assumptions about the nature of women, her educability, her role in society, and debates about coeducation are examined in this record of the efforts of the first women students to gain entrance in McGill University in Canada. The introduction offers historical background, ideas of women, and the opening of higher education to…

The report discusses the conceptual framework of a study, built around three central ideas: the type of social entity in which women predominantly carry out their activities, sexual stereotypes, and cultural norms. The report discusses the class situation of women, and updates the information regarding the situation of women in education,…

Uses state-level census data from 1900 to examine relationships between the social-structure characteristics and enrollments in three types of institutions of higher education: coeducational colleges and universities, women's colleges, and normal schools. Concluded that enrollments were differentially affected by characteristics of the social…