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Peer reviewedWood, Sherree F. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Reviews literature on the history of women in higher education in the United States, focusing on colleges for women (specifically Bryn Mawr and Wellesley) in comparison with each other and coeducational colleges (specifically Oberlin and the University of Michigan). Discusses women's access at the community college level. (DMM)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Coeducation, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Townsend, Barbara, Ed. – 1999
This book focuses on approximately 250 nonprofit, two-year colleges with a student body that is entirely female or at least 25% Black, Hispanic, or Native American. These special-focus colleges include two-year colleges, historically black colleges (HBC), Hispanic-serving institutions (HIS), and tribal colleges, with some of the schools being…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Colleges, Community Colleges, Ethnic Groups
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
Nearly 11 years ago trustees of Wilson College (Pennsylvania) voted to close the institution. A group of alumnae brought a lawsuit to keep the college open, and since then the college's programs have been transformed to meet the changing interests and ages of its students. A division of continuing studies was created. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alumni, Community Colleges, Continuing Education
