여대생과 남녀공학 대학생의 학교생활 비교 연구

Abstract

A Comparative Study of Students School Life betweenWomens Universities and Co-ed UniversitiesLee, Yong-SookDuksung Womens UniversityThis study compares students’ school life and level of satisfaction between women’suniversities and co-ed universities, based on participant observation and interviews in the sixuniversities and open-ended questionnaire survey of 142 students.One of the major findings is that freshmen of women’s universities tend to be lesssatisfied with their school life compared to co-ed students, due to less opportunities toparticipate in diverse activities or to make interactions with other students. However, their levelof satisfaction tend to get higher and higher while those of co-ed female students tend to getlower or unchanged as they grow. Female co-ed students tend to find that their school life isless enjoyable when they become sophomore because many male students leave school to servein the army and the remained male students tend to change their target of interest to newfreshmen female students. Female juniors and seniors of co-ed universities tend to realize that