Literature from the late nineteenth century and a case study of Cornell University between 1870 and 1900 are discussed in relation to higher education of women to explore how contemporary theorists and academic administrators dealt with the issues. Theoretical definitions of "equal" opportunities for women in academe shifted from…

Institutional autonomy in higher education has already been seriously eroded by social change. If higher education is to retain its diversity, pluralism, and intellectual independence, academe must state its case forcibly or government policies of financial aid and regulation will create a homogenization of colleges and univerities. (MSE)

This is Volume 2 of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1891-'92, containing Parts 2 and 3. Part 2 covers the topics: (1) Name Register; (2) City School Systems; (3) Secondary Schools; (4) Universities and Colleges; (5) Colleges for Women; (6) The Place of University Extension in American Education; (7) The Relation of the…

Historical developments in higher education are considered in five articles. In "Conditions of University Research, 1900-1920," Roger L. Geiger focuses on faculty teaching load, sabbatical leaves and other arrangements for providing research opportunities, and research funding. An article by John H. Kohler, III, "Donald Davidson's…

The social, cultural, and economic circumstances that have shaped the development of women's higher education are discussed. After considering colonial America when women were outsiders to liberal arts institutions, the creation of women's and co-educational colleges is traced and the process by which women of different ethnic, racial, religious,…

The results of a comprehensive investigation of all aspects of the U.S. Military Academy are presented in this report. Specific problems that were noted by the Study Group are: (1) a slackening of the pursuit of excellence; (2) a concomitant decline in the standards demanded of cadets at the academy; (3) an apparent lack of accepted common…

A study was conducted at North Carolina State University to evaluate coed residence halls. The study objectives were to compare changes in the following variables for coed residents with those for residents of single sex halls: self-confidence, participation in campus and residence hall activities, perceived personal development in relationships…

The Higher Education Colloquium is composed of individuals who have made significant contributions to American higher education as researchers, college or university administrators, foundation executives, or in other roles. These proceedings include the following: recognition of the efforts and excellence of Ruth E. Eckert; "New Tasks for New…

A review of the history of women on American college campuses looks at the emergence of women's higher education, then coeducation, the gender revolution, changed perceptions of women's participation in public life and extracurricular activities, a period of restrictive backlash, and the insights provided about today's harassment on campus. (MSE)

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…

Asserts that, at no point in East German educational history, did girls' education play a role, because the concept of school and instruction was not differentiated according to gender. Describes the bibliographic search for gender-related issues and how the leading East German educational journal treated them. (CFR)

The purpose of this collection of 52 primary source documents is to sustain the continuity and interdependence of ideas, movements, and events in the development of educational theories and practices in Western culture. Among the concerns of these documents, written by statesmen, clergymen, business men, foreign observers. educators and others,…

This paper reports on a longitudinal study with results drawn from 7 years of data on a group of young women (N=42), following them from the ninth grade through the third year of college. The purpose of the study was to trace development of the participants' thinking about school, career, and women's roles while also tracking their grades,…

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…

A selected population of 2,430 white, native-born, college freshmen women (under 22 years old) who remained at one institution for four years were studied to determine the effects of institutional and other variables on their career aspirations. Variables selected included background, career plans and self-esteem (after one, four, and five years),…