ERIC Number: EJ964097
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 7
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The College Choice Process of the Women Who Gender Integrated America's Military Academies
Jacob, Stacy A.
College and University, v87 n1 p28-33, 36 Sum 2011
In 1976 and again in 1995, several brave women chose to enroll at--and thereby to "gender integrate"--America's military colleges. In 1976, women were admitted to the Department of Defense (DOD) service academies after an Act of Congress changed a law so as to allow for their matriculation. Beginning in 1995, women were admitted to state-supported military colleges after a long legal battle ended with the decision that state-run academies must be open to men and women. How did certain women come to decide to be the first to attend what historically had been all-male institutions? What were their main reasons for choosing to do so? This study explores the college choice decisions of several of the first women to attend--and so to "gender integrate"--America's military colleges. (Contains 5 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Military Schools, Military Training, Military Personnel, Females, College Choice, Gender Discrimination, Time Perspective, Social Integration, Enrollment, College Bound Students, Decision Making, Student Motivation, Academic Aspiration, Educational Research, Qualitative Research, Semi Structured Interviews, Public Policy, Change, Context Effect, Educational Opportunities, Fathers, Parent Influence
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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