Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: There is a wealth of literature which focuses on the relationship between family structure and teenage sexual behavior, however very few have examined the differences between single-mother and single-father families. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health) which consists of a nationally representative sample of adolescents from 80 U.S. high schools and 52 middle schools, this study explores the possible differences between single-parent families and their effects on age of first sexual intercourse among teens. There is a familiar point of departure in this study in that effects of single-parent families on age at first sexual intercourse are examine using socialization, parental support model and parental control model. My findings are consistent with the parental support model and parental control model, but provide little support for the socialization perspective.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Empirical studies of population decline have been carried out across a wide range of industries. However, the dramatic decline in the population of single-sex colleges in the United States, and the near extinction of such a higher educational alternative, has failed to capture the critical attention of researchers. In 1970, there were 230 women’s colleges and 174 men’s colleges. As of 2000, only 63 women’s colleges remained in existence, while no equivalent figures are available for men’s colleges. Between 1970 and 1980 alone, 108 women’s colleges and 101 men’s colleges converted to coeducation, while another 46 women’s colleges and 27 men’s colleges closed their doors (U.S. Department of Education, 1970; 1980). In this study, I propose to look at the population of single-sex colleges over the period of 1970 to 1980 in an attempt to uncover: the conditions under which single-sex colleges are likely to undertake a transition to coeducation; and how such a change affects performance and survival chances. A third and final line of inquiry for the current study is to examine whether or not the answers to the first two questions depend on whether one looks at men’s colleges or women’s colleges.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: In the debate about school reform, single sex education emerges time and again as a promising answer to the problems confronting our nation’s elementary and secondary schools, particularly those in urban settings. Most recently, the Bush Administration has signaled its intention to relax regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., to facilitate the creation of sex segregated schools and classes.

This paper argues that an intersectional analysis is necessary to understand fully the implications of single sex education. Consideration of race and sex, at a minimum, is necessary in light of the history of sex segregation in education. The paper examines that history, arguing that, when viewed in the context of racial segregation, single-sex schooling has supported the construction of racial and gender hierarchies. Given this history, current proposals to separate students based on sex must be examined carefully to determine whether they will deliver on their promise for reform or merely perpetuate racial and gender subordination.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Using the standard measures of political knowledge, this study examines the survey responses of 1563 high school juniors and seniors in co-educational public schools as well as co-educational and single gender religious schools.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript