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Project Title:	Life Span Development of Educated Women
Principal Investigator:	Donald R. Brown
Co-Investigators:	Nevitt Sanford, Rose-Mary Pacini
Contact Person and Information:
Donald R. Brown Psychology, 1250 East Hall (734)-763-0161 donrobro@umich.edu
STUDY AIMS:
Determine the outcomes of liberal arts education of women in current American society.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INITIAL SAMPLE:
Selection criteria:
(1) All students entering Vassar College from 1952-1962. (2) Alumnae from the Classes of 1929-1935 who lived within 200 miles of the College in 1954.
Sample characteristics:
Gender:		100% women
Ethnicity:		99% white
Socioeconomic Status:		Middle to very high

COMPLETED WAVES:
	Wave	Age of Subjects	N:
Classes of 1957-58	1	17-21yrs	750
	2	28yrs	300
	3	37yrs	180
	4	54yrs	280
Classes of 1929-35	1	45yrs	50
	2	52yrs	41
	3	85yrs	20
Currently Funded Waves: No new funded at this time.
Future Planned Waves: Plan to follow Classes of 1957-58 as far as possible.

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES:
Adolescence Young Adulthood Middle Adulthood Older Adulthood

MEASURES
Personal:
	Cognitive Compentence:	Intellectual development All entrance data to College faculty nominations of "Ideal Students," academic records
	Symptoms and Syndromes:	Well-being Health status
REPRESENTATIVE FINDINGS:
Performance in the eyes of faculty and independent of grades but highly predictive of life course development until late middle age.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:
Brown, D. R., & Bstryn, D. (1956). College environment, personality, and social ideology of three ethnic groups. Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 279-288.

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