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Karpiak, Christie P.; Buchanan, James P.; Hosey, Megan; Smith, Allison – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2007
We conducted an archival study at a coeducational Catholic university to test the proposition that single-sex secondary education predicts lasting differences in college majors. Men from single-sex schools were more likely to both declare and graduate in gender-neutral majors than those from coeducational schools. Women from single-sex schools…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), High Schools, Gender Differences, Gender Issues
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Robinson, Pamela; Smithers, Alan – Research Papers in Education: Policy and Practice, 1999
English researchers compared the academic and social benefits of single sex and coeducational schools, examining test scores and interviewing 100 college students (balanced for sex and type of school) about their experiences and their ease of adjustment to higher education. Results indicated that segregating the sexes did not increase…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Coeducation, College Students, Foreign Countries