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Tiêu đề
Going coed: Women's Experiences in formerly men's colleges and universities, 1950-2000
Tác giả
Miller-Bernal L.; Poulson S.L.
Năm xuất bản
2004
Source title
Going Coed: Women's Experiences in Formerly Men's Colleges and Universities, 1950-2000
Số trích dẫn
18
DOI
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
More than a quarter-century ago, the last great wave of coeducation in the United States resulted in the admission of women to almost all of the remaining men's colleges and universities. In thirteen original essays, Going Coed investigates the reasons behind this important phenomenon, describes how institutions have dealt with the changes, and captures the experiences of women who attended these schools. Informed by a wealth of fresh research, the book is rich in both historical and sociological insights. It begins with two overview chapters-one on the general history of American coeducation, the other on the differing approaches of Catholic and historically black colleges to admitting women students-and then offers case studies that consider the ways in which the problems and promise of coeducation have played out in a wide range of institutions. One essay, for example, examines how two bastions of the Ivy League, Yale and Princeton, influenced the paths taken by less prestigious men's colleges. Among the topics addressed in other chapters are how the presence of women affected schools with strong masculine traditions, such as Virginia and Dartmouth; how prior cooperation with a women's college eased Hamilton College's transition to coeducation; and how institutions outside the liberal-arts tradition, from West Point to for-profit vocational schools, have incorporated women students. In exploring specific cases, the essays illuminate such key issues as the impact of the women's movement and the development of women's studies as an academic discipline, the pressures exerted on institutions by economic necessities and legal challenges, and the strategies women have utilized in adapting to formerly all-male environments. In their conclusion, the editors synthesize some common trends among the case studies and assess what remains to be done to achieve gender equity in higher education. Copyright © 2004 Vanderbilt University Press. All rights reserved.
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Tài liệu tham khảo
Nơi xuất bản
Vanderbilt University Press
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Book
Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus