Cultivating intellectual development: Comparing women-only colleges and coeducational colleges for educational effectiveness

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 447-481

  Kim, Mikyong Minsun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

College environment; Effectiveness; Intellectual development; Women only college

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141849304     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015527800356     Document Type: Article

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