By adding several adult-education programs, enrolling undergraduate men, restructuring the undergraduate curriculum, and adding a comprehensive sports program, Queens College has tripled its enrollment and nearly quadrupled its endowment in 12 years. Some women who enrolled before it went coeducational resent how administrators have catered to the…

A highly divided federal appeals court has ordered that South Carolina allow a woman to enter the Citadel, an all-male military college, unless it establishes a comparable program for women or allows the Citadel to become a private institution. Litigation arose over the Citadel's rejection of a woman applicant. (MSE)

Although sociologists are concerned about trends among African-American males, Morehouse College (Georgia), the United States' only all-male black college, has developed a reputation for its stable environment, positive role models, and commitment to producing well-educated citizens and leaders. (MSE)

Examined relationship between composition by sex (single-sex versus coeducational) of women's (n=274) high school and college environments and sex of their selected influential teachers and their self-efficacy in traditional or nontraditional careers. Found no main effects for composition by sex of institution, or sex of influential teachers, nor…

Argues that similarities in the socioeconomic and racial climate and the attempt to refute negative gender and race-inspired images were circumstances that were present in the emergence of single-sex schools for blacks. It examines the worth of such schools in affecting positive social change. (GLR)

The Jerusalem College of Technology is an institution for higher education in Israel, where the majority of the students study towards an undergraduate degree in Engineering (Electronics, Applied Optics, Computers, etc.). The studies are held on three different campuses, one campus for men and two for women. We describe the organization of the…

Testifying to the virtues of teaching at an all-women's college (Mills College, Oakland, California), a male tenured professor of communication and film acknowledges the necessity of making difficult decisions concerning course content and focus. Through several uncomfortable experiences, he has learned what it is like to be gender conscious; he…

Prepared by Midway College's (MC's) Women's Education Study Commission, this report discusses critical issues for women's education in the last two decades of the 20th century and the role of MC, Kentucky's only women's college, in the area of women's education. After introductory material outlines the membership and tasks of the Commission, part…

Essays include: some considerations on the higher education of women (Rosemary Park); three women, creators of change (Esther Raushenbush); women's education, the case for the single-sex college (Susan Romer Kaplan); liberal arts education and women's development (C. Robert Pace); women's studies, its origin, organization, and prospects (Sheila…

Arguments for coeducation in Indian higher education are offered, including the unnatural and uneconomic nature of segregation, the success of coeducation in other countries, and the need to eliminate sex stereotyping. (LBH)

This book outlines approaches to teaching and learning that can address the diverse needs of students of different genders, races, ethnicities, classes, ages, and sexual orientations. The text focuses on strategies that optimize women's educational experiences, particularly education that is women-centered, and the attendant strategies that…

A Ford Foundation data collection project offers tangible proof of the continued viability of women's colleges. Women's colleges have a positive effect on intellectual self-esteem and women are more likely to attain positions of leadership, to become involved in student government, to develop high aspirations, and to persist to graduation. (MLW)

Strategies employed by Hood College to bolster its enrollment and survive are discussed. They include eliminating some underenrolled or duplicative courses, launching new programs of study, adoption of a core curriculum, making planning an integral part of every department, improving budgeting, improving student services, and professionalizing…

Discusses a study conducted at Harcum Junior College, a private, two-year, women's college, to elicit students' perceptions of a variety of learning experiences/teaching methods and of their relative enjoyment levels with regard to these experiences. Includes the questionnaire. (AYC)

A study of 18 women's colleges relatively successful in maintaining enrollment strength suggests that endowment size and market sensitivity are the determinants of success. Well-endowed colleges should plan to maintain large endowments, with some adjustment for changing conditions and educational needs among women. Less-well-endowed colleges must…