Research & Information

Making the Value of Women’s Colleges Matter to Your Female Advisees
September 26, 2009
Baltimore Maryland
Diane Anci – Dean of Admission at Mount Holyoke College, Jenn Desjarlais – Dean of Admission at Wellesley College, Heidi Fletcher – Vice President for Enrollment Management at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Susan Lennon – President of the Women’s College, and Dana Weekes – Wellesley ’03 spoke at the national conference of the National Association for College Admission Counseling. Click for PowerPoint presentation.

The Relationship Between Gender and Student Engagement in College. This paper examines the engagement patterns of male and female undergraduates in different types of baccalaureate-granting institutions. Descriptive statistics and hierarchical linear modeling show that on balance, undergraduate women participate more frequently than their male counterparts in educationally purposeful activities. MORE »

Women Students at Coeducational and Women’s Colleges: How Do Their Experiences Compare?
This study compared the experiences of women attending women’s colleges with those of women attending coeducational institutions. Analyses of data from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) from random samples of female first-year and senior students from 26 women’s colleges and 264 other four-year institutions were conducted. Women at single-sex institutions were more engaged in effective educational practices and reported higher levels of feelings of support and greater gains in college. MORE »

The Women’s Colleges Comparative Alumnae Research Project is organized around key factors identified by education researchers Alexander Astin, Ernest T. Pascarella and Patrick T. Terenzini as critical to educational effectiveness, specifically, those elements of the college environment that contribute to students’ positive outcomes: Interaction between faculty and students; A strong community and peer interactions both inside and outside the classroom; A challenging, active classroom environment. This study assesses lasting effects, from 1970-1997. MORE »

Women's Global Education Project. Women’s Global believes that universal education, gender equality and empowerment of women are critical to a society’s development. Their mission is to provide access to education and develop training program that empower women and girls to build better lives and foster equitable communities. Website includes their mission, history, people, in-country partners, news & resources and how to get involved. MORE »

Women's Education Worldwide. Women’s Education Worldwide (WEW) is a new organization bringing together the presidents and chief academic officers of women’s colleges and universities from around the world and other leaders in women’s education. MORE »

Girls Global Education Fund. Girls Global Education Fund (GGEF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was founded in 1996 to send girls to school who would otherwise be denied an education. GGEF is unique in that we are the only organization whose sole mission is to send girls to schools. Website features Girls Stories, Teachers Stories, About the Program and Issues. MORE »

Global Education of Girls Is Key to Development.
Article by Stephan Faris, WEnews correspondent
It's back to school everywhere, but uneducated girls continue to swell the ranks of the world's 1 billion illiterate adults--two-thirds of them women. Of 100 million children worldwide between 6 and 11 who are not in school, 70 percent are girls. MORE »

Girls' and Women's Education.
World Education has a long history of successfully working with local partners to design, execute, manage and evaluate participatory, community-based initiatives to advance the conditions of girls and women. World Education's programs help girls enroll and stay in school and help women gain access to or create new educational, financial, and social resources in their communities. MORE »

June 2007 marked the 35th anniversary of Title IX -- the pivotal legislation credited with increasing gender equity in sports. In addition to celebrating, the Women’s Sports Foundation unveiled original research, entitled Who's Playing College Sports? Trends in Participation. This study provides the most accurate and comprehensive examination of participation trends to date. MORE »