Revolutionizing Women's Education at the University of Oxford
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Revolutionizing Women's Education at the University of Oxford

Single-Sex Colleges and Identity Theory, 1870-2022

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eBook - ePub

Revolutionizing Women's Education at the University of Oxford

Single-Sex Colleges and Identity Theory, 1870-2022

About this book

This book delves into the impacts and consequences of the policy of co-residence at the University of Oxford, investigating why and how women were kept at the periphery of the university and how Oxford responded to the growing demand for women's higher education.

The book further examines how the admittance of women into men's colleges and vice versa ultimately shaped the identities of both the University and the student population. The author draws upon identity theory to explain the existence and persistence of single-sex colleges at the University, and the theory of social epidemics or cascades is used to explain the rapid embrace of co-residence by the remaining men's colleges after its adoption by the first five men's colleges. In addition, the author uses both quantitative and qualitative approaches to evaluate claims about the impact of co-residence on undergraduate women, women dons, and women's colleges.

Unearthing and providing a sustained and in-depth analysis of a quiet, yet revolutionary, undertaking at one of the world's most renowned institutions, it will appeal to scholars, faculty, and upper-level students with interests in gender in education, educational inclusion and diversity, history of education, international education, as well as sociology of education and social theory.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040259450
Edition
0
Topic
Bildung
Subtopic
Genderforschung

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 A University for Men
  12. 2 The Demand for and Supply of Higher Education for Women
  13. 3 The Founding of the Women’s Colleges: Why Were the Women’s Colleges Founded?
  14. 4 Why Did Single-Sex Colleges Exist, Persist, and Perish?
  15. 5 New College Starts a Revolution
  16. 6 A Changing Environment: Context
  17. 7 A Revolution Accomplished: The Men’s Colleges
  18. 8 Revolution Implemented: Working Groups of the Colleges and Universities
  19. 9 The Women’s Colleges Admit Men
  20. 10 The Impacts of Coresidence
  21. 11 Did Coresidence Lead to ‘Each College Having Its Statutory Woman Fellow, and No More’?
  22. 12 Conclusion
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index