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¶ … Timeline
Intercollegiate Sports
Intercollegiate sports characterized by lawlessness, use of athletes past the college levels. College contests turned to commercial spectacles hence the need for structured approach to intercollegiate sports.
saw the formation of the baseball association.
there was the first intercollegiate tennis.
this year saw the inception of American Football.
there was the first Women's collegiate game. This was also the year of the first college basketball game.
there was the first intercollegiate competition
there was expression of maturing collegiate sports. Intercollegiate sports became more pronounced especially in the Northeast and Harvard constructed a spectator facility considered one of the best in that time.
1914 -- saw the construction of a 70,000 capacity spectator facility in Yale (State University, 2014).
Women's Colleges
The education of women from the initial years was faced with numerous challenges until the early 1800 when the deliberate efforts were made to have women colleges to boost women education.
1870 -- it was estimated that on average, a male teacher earned $35 a week while their female counterparts earned on average $12
1875- two colleges that focused on women were opened; the Smith College and Wellesley College.
1881 -- the...
By 1870s, most of the high schools were coeducational but there were more activities that saw a shift in the education system further n (Thelin, J.R., 2011).
1880s -- in the early years of 1880s there were expressed preference for male teachers with the fear that the female teachers in the coeducational institutions were feminizing their classes.
1890 -- this year saw the increase in the enrollment of high school aged children to a high of 51.4% from 6.7%.
1900 -- there were 50% of women enrolment in the business and commercial courses in high schools.
1908 -- American Home Economics pushed for the provision of home economics education for all girls.
1911 -- saw commencement of sex segregation in schools that fizzled out in 1915
1918 -- saw the National…
References
Imperial College London, (2007). Imperial College 1910-1920. Retrieved June 26, 20144 from http://www.imperial.ac.uk/centenary/timeline/1910.shtml
National Women's History Museum, (2014). The History of Women and Education. Retrieved June 26, 20144 from http://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/education/Timeline.htm
State University, (2014). College Athletics - History Of Athletics In U.S. Colleges And Universities. Retrieved June 26, 20144 from http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/1846/College-Athletics-HISTORY-ATHLETICS-IN-U-S-COLLEGES-UNIVERSITIES.html
Thelin, J.R. (2011). A history of American higher education (2nd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
University of Michigan, (2014). Equity In Elementary and Secondary Education: Race, Gender, and National Origin Issues. Retrieved June 26, 20144 from http://sitemaker.umich.edu/educationalequity/co-education_gender_equity_timeline
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