In April 1972, 198 institutions which had been classified in 1960 as women's colleges were invited to participate in a study designed to obtain information regarding current status, their plans relative to coeducation, and related matters. The instrument, a survey-Questionnaire, was completed by 82.5 percent of the participants. Results of the…

Women are taught from a very early age that their major role to be played in society is that of wife and mother. This lesson appears to be reinforced throughout a girl's life, especially if she is educated in coeducational institutions. In such sexually mixed institutions, girls are not only in competition for men, but they are in competition with…

A two-story dormitory addition was built on top of the student center to accomodate the first female undergraduates admitted to the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Author/MLF)

The author discusses coeducation at Dartmouth with emphasis on the college's historical relations with women and the satisfaction of current women students with Dartmouth. (RWP)

Higher education must find ways to synthesize male and female values. (HS)

Offers account of practical and political aspects of maintaining counterpoint, mini-war against coeducation that captured minds and emotions of people and media around the world. Describes story of Mills College and events that followed college's aborted decision to become coeducational. (NB)

Looks at coeducation decisions made by Smith and Amherst Colleges in 1970s, Smith reaffirming its commitment to separate education and Amherst changing from all-male to coeducational college. Describes contrasting bases for the decisions made by the two colleges. (NB)

The paradox of G. Stanley Hall seems to be his stance against coeducation simultaneous with his role as an educator of women. His theories must be considered in the context of the prevailing attitudes of the early 20th century toward the issue of sex differences. Hall was consistent in translating his theories into practice. (Author/VM)

Reports the frequency with which six different coeducational housing options were available to college students from 1967 to 1978. Various forms of coeducational housing have become increasingly available and popular. The diversity of options indicates coeducational housing is a misleading concept unless living arrangements are specifically…

Explores the role of women in eighteenth-century Germany's University of Halle. Reports that the school admitted both male and female students. Explains that the university's central principle, the conquest of the world through personal effort, was viewed as well suited to women, who had not been tainted by academic tradition. (SG)

Describes University of Richmond and Westhampton College, which function in coordinate college model, defending this hybrid. Describes how two cooperating single-sex colleges share joint, common curriculum but maintain somewhat separate identities, as with different faculties, residence halls, student governments, and college traditions. Describes…

Two studies of correlates of student preference for a single sex or coeducational college reflect that few girls in the studies wish to be isolated at a girls college. (Author/KM)

The transformation of a single-sex college into a coeducational college can be extremely costly. However, a cooperative arrangement among colleges, such as the one described in this paper, can sexually integrate single-sex colleges at very little extra cost. The Five Colleges Cooperation consists of 1 male college, Amherst; 2 female institutions,…