Single-Sex versus Coeducational Environments
A Comparison of Women Students' Experiences at Four Colleges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11367162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leslie Miller-Bernal (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-54 |
| Publication date | 1993-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6744 • E-ISSN: 1549-6511 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/444057 |
| OpenAlex | W1999080356 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 21 |
A panel study of 260 women students at four colleges--a women's college, a coordinate of a men's college, a long-time coeducational college, and a college recently become coeducational--is analyzed to evaluate three common explanations of why alumnae of women's colleges succeed more than graduates of coeducational colleges. The women's and coordinate college students were more likely than the coeducational colleges' students to have women faculty as role models, to be active in college activities, and to experience their colleges as supportive. These experiences did not have much effect on students' changes in attitudes and goals, however, with the exception of self-esteem
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |