Citations with the tag: SINGLE sex colleges
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- Where the Girls Are.
McDaniel, Thomas R. // Academic Leader; Jan2007, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p8The article comments on how women are doing in college by providing research findings on female college students in coed institutions and by comparing them to those in all women colleges. According to the author, more women should be in women's colleges since female students there come out with...
- The Case for Women's Colleges.
Oeltjen, Holly // Women in Business; Nov/Dec91, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p16No abstract available.
- War and the Woman's College.
Hubbard, Grace A. // New Republic; 7/6/18, Vol. 15 Issue 192, p285Comments on the influence of the conclusion of World War I on the increased public attention to the value of women's colleges in the United States. Examples of how college-educated women provided invaluable service in countries affected by the war; Forecasts of the direction to which women's...
- Professional Playing in London and Superior Cambridge Responses.
GURR, ANDREW // Shakespeare Studies; 2009, Vol. 37, p43The article discusses the rules of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge regarding women, which applied in the 17th century and lasted in some form until the 1980s. The universities were modeled on monasteries and the concept remained through the Reformation when the monasteries were closed....
- The Future of Women's Colleges.
Freedman, Mervin B. // Education Digest; Sep1963, Vol. 29 Issue 1, p38The article focuses on the future of women's colleges in the face of rising demand for coeducation colleges in the U.S. The number of separate men's and women's colleges is declining from a the pre-World War II peak, and it appears that all but a very small share of colleges founded in the...
- A Humanized Course in Mathematics for the First Year in a Women's College.
Cowley, Elizabeth B. // Education; Oct1923, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p92The article focuses on a humanized course in mathematics for the first year in a women's college in the United States. A brief history of the teaching of mathematics from 1865 to 1909 is presented. The interdependence of various departments is enhanced by asking the teacher of physics,...
- Career and Family Outcomes for Women Graduates of Single-Sex Versus Coed Colleges.
Hoffnung, Michele // Sex Roles; Nov2011, Vol. 65 Issue 9/10, p680This study compares educational, career, and family outcomes by gender composition of college and race/ethnicity of women who graduated in 1993 from three selective U.S. colleges (two single-sex; one coed). It also compares these graduates' assessments of their college experience. The 60 White...
- CHANGES IN WOMEN'S MAJORS FROM ENTRANCE TO GRADUATION AT WOMEN'S AND COEDUCATIONAL COLLEGES.
Solnick, Sara J. // Industrial & Labor Relations Review; Apr95, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p505Using data on the anticipated and final majors of 1700 students at eight women's colleges and 818 female students at seven coed colleges, the author tests whether women at single-sex institutions were more likely than their counterparts at coed schools to remain in traditionally male-dominated...
- Self-efficacy in introductory physics in students at single-sex and coeducational colleges.
Blue, Jennifer; Mills, Mary Elizabeth; Yezierski, Ellen // AIP Conference Proceedings; Jan2013, Vol. 1513 Issue 1, p78We surveyed 88 students at four colleges: one men's college, two women's colleges, and one coeducational college. The questions, modified from Reid (2007), asked about in-class participation, how fulfilled they were by their achievement in their calc-based physics class, their attitude toward...
- WOMEN'S STUDIES.
Baker, Ashley // WWD: Women's Wear Daily; 4/28/2005, Vol. 189 Issue 90, Special Section p29Provides information on the fashion preferences of women students at single-sex universities and colleges in the U.S. Advantage of a single-sex environment for self-presentation by women via fashion; Role of politics in the styles of students at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts;...
- Contradictions in Women's Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College (Book).
Wolf-Wendel, Lisa E. // JGE: The Journal of General Education; Apr2004, Vol. 53 Issue 2, p161Reviews the book "Contradictions in Women's Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College," by B.J. Bank.
- The Sex Composition of Selective Colleges and Gender Differences in Career Aspirations.
Bressler, Marvin; Wendell, Peter // Journal of Higher Education; Nov/Dec1980, Vol. 51 Issue 6, p650Selective single-sex colleges provide a more favorable environment than comparable coeducational institutions for influencing white, middle-class, academically capable under-graduates of both sexes�but particularly women�to disregard conventional occupational prescriptions based on gender....
- "That's So Gay!: Rethinking Writing Poetry in an All Male Secondary Classroom.
Corso, Amy // International Journal of Learning; 2005/2006, Vol. 12 Issue 10, p167In the secondary classroom, encouraging the student to express himself honestly and creatively in a classroom can be an exciting and memorable aspect within the academic experience. As a female English teacher in all male school, I have discovered the process of teaching creative writing is to...
- SAVE THE MALES?
Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth // National Review; 8/1/1994, Vol. 46 Issue 14, p49This article reflects on the provision of single-sex education in the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and The Citadel in the U.S. It states the reasons for supporting single-sex education for women. It provides the rationale behind the opposition of conservatives on allowing women to study in...
- The Trouble with Single-Sex Schools.
Kaminer, Wendy // Atlantic Monthly (10727825); Apr1998, Vol. 281 Issue 4, p22The article discusses women's schools in the United States. Background information on the formation of such educational institutions is provided. Statistical information on female college graduates is presented. Details on the increase of applications to women's schools are explored. The...
- Masturbation Practice Among Female University Students.
Abdel-Mageed, Ahmed; Ibrahim, Sara; Omar, Shima // Ahfad Journal; Jun2007, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p79The article presents an overview of an investigation concerned with determining the magnitude of masturbation among female university students from mixed and unmixed universities. The investigation also aims to find out how masturbation is carried out, knowing the psychological and health...
- Randolph-Macon.
Lanahan, Molly // 21st Century; Apr1999, Vol. 10 Issue 8, p32The article presents information about Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia. The college has dormitories for its students. Facilities of the college include a gymnasium, a pool and a cafeteria. The author suggests going to Randolph-Macon if its being an all-women school is not...
- Extreme Makeovers.
Scelfo, Julie; Milner-Fairbanks, Amanda // Newsweek; 11/6/2006, Vol. 148 Issue 19, p56The article focuses on the limited number of single-sex colleges in the U.S., with three in Virginia. Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, seeks minority women and has the country's only all-female military cadet corps. Sweet Briar College employed a public relations company to recruit more female...
- BOYS AND GIRLS.
Rosen, Jeffrey // New Republic; 2/14/94, Vol. 210 Issue 7, p14No abstract available.
- The Sex-Segregation of Fields of Study.
Jacobs, Jerry A. // Journal of Higher Education; Mar/Apr1986, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p134Analysis of national data on intended majors and degrees received and four major longitudinal studies of freshmen indicate a modest decline in segregation between the sexes in academic specialization during the college years - despite the attrition of women from mathematics and science. The...
- Contradictions in Women's Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College.
McNamara, Tina // NACADA Journal; Spring2004, Vol. 24 Issue 1/2, p141The article reviews the book "Contradictions in Women's Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College," by Barbara Bank and Harriet M. Yelon
- Breaking the Daisy Chain.
McNamara, Tina // Time; 4/12/1976, Vol. 107 Issue 15, p91The article focuses on the single-sex colleges which banded together for fund raising in the 1920s as the Seven Sisters which include Mount Holyoke, Bryn Mawr, and Radcliffe. Mary Lyon, a teacher from Massachusetts, has said that the institutions, which were designed for the education of women,...
- Contradictions in Women's Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College.
McNamara, Tina // Adolescence; Spring2005, Vol. 40 Issue 157, p225Reviews the book "Contradictions in Women's Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College," by Barbara J. Bank with Harriet M. Yelon.
- With No Boys to Ogle, We Had Time to Learn.
Flowers, Christine // Newsweek; 10/24/2005, Vol. 146 Issue 17, p26Presents the author's view that single-sex education is a better academic system than coeducational systems. How her experience allowed her to concentrate on classwork and studies rather than dating; Distraction of having someone of the opposite sex in the same class; How single-sex education...
- Contradictions in Women's Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College/Reclaiming Class: Women, Poverty, and the Promise of Higher Education in America.
Ropers-Huilman, Becky // NWSA Journal; Summer2006, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p223The article reviews several books, including "Contradictions in Women's Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College," by Barbara J. Bank with Harriet M. Yelon, and "Reclaiming Class: Women, Poverty, and the Promise of Higher Education in America," edited by Vivyan...
- FAIR AND TENDER LADIES VERSUS JIM CROW.
Riley, Karen L. // American Educational History Journal; Spring2010, Vol. 37 Issue 1/2, p407The article presents a discussion on the racial and gender definitions associated with co-education and examines how both played a role in the history of the Mary Washington College, now the University of Mary Washington, and Madison College, now James Madison University, throughout the...
