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Peer reviewedKim, Mikyong; Alvarez, Rodolfo – Journal of Higher Education, 1995
Drawing on national and longitudinal survey data, a study of 3,249 students from coeducational colleges and 387 from women-only colleges found that women-only colleges had a positive impact on academic ability and social self-confidence. Students did not differ by school type in preparation for graduate or professional schools, but coed students…
Descriptors: Coeducation, College Outcomes Assessment, College Role, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedRiordan, Cornelius – Review of Higher Education, 1992
A study examined the effects of single- and mixed-gender colleges on women's education, using data from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972. Results indicate women's colleges have a strong, positive influence on educational and occupational achievement, self-esteem, self-control, and views on gender equality.…
Descriptors: Coeducation, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedMiller-Bernal, Leslie – American Journal of Education, 1993
Analysis of a panel study of 260 women at 4 colleges (women's college, coordinate of men's college, long-time coeducational college, recently coeducational college) to evaluate why alumnae of women's colleges succeed more than graduates of coeducational colleges. Role models and college activities and their effects on self-esteem are considered.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Coeducation, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis
Williams, John W., Jr. – 1979
A review of changes at the U.S. Air Force Academy since women entered as cadets in 1976 focuses on male student attitudes and male and female performance. It is found that in general women are succeeding well at the institution, competing favorably with men in academics, military training, and athletics. Overall attrition rates for women in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Armed Forces, Coeducation
Peer reviewedGiesen, Heinz; And Others – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1992
Presents study results of the impact of coeducational and gender segregated instruction on German students' vocational choice. Reports that students in coeducational settings tend to conform with gender typical roles in choice of majors, interests, grades, and self-assessment. Concludes that female students attending girls' schools more often go…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Coeducation, Course Selection (Students), Educational Research
Brown Univ., Providence, RI. – 1980
A report of The Brown Project, which concerns coeducation at colleges in the late 1970s, is presented. Section one contains five working papers on various aspects of the undergraduate experience, based on the work of the research team representing six institutions. Topics concern: academic and intellectual development and sex differences;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Policy, Coeducation, College Environment
