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ERIC Number: EJ588944
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-6744
Female Students and Denominational Affiliation: Sources of Success and Variation among Nineteenth-Century Academies.
Beadie, Nancy
American Journal of Education, v107 n2 p75-115 Feb 1999
Studies the institutional characteristics and strategic choices of successful academies operating under the New York Regents system from 1838 to 1850. Identifies single-sex education and denominational affiliation as important for success. Suggests frameworks for investigating variations among the 19th-century academies and discusses implications for market-based models of school funding. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Educational History, Females, Free Enterprise System, Models, Private Schools, Religious Education, Secondary Education, Single Sex Schools
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: New York; Nineteenth Century