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Kim, Okgill – New Frontiers in Education, 1978
A brief historical review of Ewha University, the first public educational institution for women in Korea, is offered, followed by an assessment of its current program. A women's studies course outline is appended that covers women's reality, women's liberation, sex differentiation, socialization, culture, and status. (LBH)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Course Descriptions, Educational History, Females
Saslaw, Rita S. – 1983
Based on information on women who attended Oberlin College between 1833 and 1860, a sketch is drawn on the lives of American females during that period. Attention is directed to such demographic factors as the area of the country from which they entered the Oberlin College, the number of years they remained at the college, their mobility,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational History, Family Life, Females
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Coburn, Carol K. – Feminist Teacher, 1988
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)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bibliographies, Coeducation, Educational Discrimination
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Durbin, Nancy E.; Kent, Lori – Sociology of Education, 1989
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…
Descriptors: Coeducation, College Attendance, College Choice, College Role
Harwarth, Irene; And Others – 1997
This book examines the role of women's colleges in the United States from the early 1800s to the present. It reviews how they began, how they changed as more colleges became coeducational, and the legality of publically supported single-sex colleges. The book also looks at what women's colleges are like today and examines differences in…
Descriptors: Coeducation, College Choice, College Outcomes Assessment, Degrees (Academic)
Stringer, Patricia A., Ed.; Thompson, Irene, Ed. – 1982
Views of the deep-rooted assumptions and myths surrounding the role of women in academic institutions of the South are presented in scholarly articles, experience-based essays, and poems. Among the themes that are explored are the history of women's involvement in higher education, women's studies, women's status, racial stereotypes, alienation,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Stereotypes, Black Students, Black Teachers