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…

Selected personality variables of college students who reside under different living arrangements were studied to determine the effect of student's type of housing, gender, and enrollment classification. A sample of students living in residential halls at Maryville College were administered the Attitude Toward Women Scale (ATWS), the Bem Sex Role…

Selective single-sex colleges provide a more favorable environment than comparable coeducational institutions for influencing White, middle-class, academically capable undergraduates of both sexes to disregard conventional occupational prescriptions based on gender. Sexually segregated academic settings are instrumental in reducing male-female…

Significant actions taken from June 1975 to June 1977 to integrate women into the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) and results of research on coeducation are summarized. Three time periods are discussed: pre-admission phase; cadet basic training, and the initial academic year. Data are presented on characteristics of entering cadets; resignation…

Coeducation at the U.S. Military Academy from June 1977 to April 1978 is analyzed. Summaries of individual research projects conducted to understand and evaluate specific aspects of coeducation are included. An open-systems model served as a conceptual guide for the study. The following areas were explored: individual adjustment, attitudes, social…