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Peer reviewedLundquist, Arlene R.; Rice, Joy K. – Initiatives, 1991
Compared mission statements of 23 women's colleges with women's studies programs, 23 women's colleges without women's studies programs, and 21 coeducational colleges with women's studies programs. Found some consistent qualitative differences between mission statements of women's colleges and those of coeducational institutions with women's…
Descriptors: Coeducation, College Students, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education
Formative Evaluation Research Associates, Ann Arbor, MI. – 1977
A project was undertaken to provide information about three types of education options available to undergraduate women: internships, women's studies classes, and skills development classes or workshops. Eight schools participated in the study: Wellesley College, Mt. Holyoke College, Cedar Crest College, Wells College, Westbrook College, Mt.…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Internship Programs, Nontraditional Education, Participant Satisfaction
Peer reviewedCoburn, 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
Peer reviewedDurbin, 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
Download full textHarwarth, 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)
Churgin, Jonah R. – 1978
Discrimination against women in U.S. society and the academic world is detailed in the eight chapters of this book. Inconsistencies in American society, and arbitrary societal standards that have perpetuated discriminatory behavior toward women are examined. Part I focuses on the socialization process that women undergo as Americans and as women…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission (School), Affirmative Action, Ancillary Services
