Educating men and women together : coeducation in a changing world /

This collection stems from a conference held at Oberlin College in 1983. Oberlin was the first coeducational college in America. The essays address the extent to which greater access to higher education, in a coeducational setting, has promoted equality and how it has affected women's self-esteem. Alice Rossi's prefatory essay sets the tone by asking questions such as ``What are (the) distinctive gender differences, preferences, and disciplinary interests that should inform educators and administrators in higher education.'' She points out that while the ``gender revolution'' brought changes in the social and residential side of campus life, curricula have not shown comparable change. This anthology is well edited, unique in many of its perspectives, and a substantial contribution to the literature. Richard H. Quay, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, Ohio (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.