coeducation

American  

[koh-ej-oo-key-shuhn] / ˌkoʊ ɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the joint education of the sexes at the same institution and in the same classes.

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coeducation British  

/ ˌkəʊɛdjʊˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. instruction in schools, colleges, etc, attended by both sexes

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Other Word Forms

• coeducational adjective
• coeducationally adverb

Etymology

Origin of coeducation

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; co- + education

Example Sentences

“I believe in coeducation and I don’t see a logical reason for separation,” said Shah Kpalwakh, 35, a journalism professor who studied at the university after Taliban rule.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2021

Laurie Saxton, a 1978 graduate who is now director of news and public relations at Sewanee, said even though the admission of women was controversial, her research shows the “clamor for coeducation was resounding.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2019

It seemed natural when Yale turned to Ms. Lin in the late 1980s to mark the 20th anniversary of coeducation at Yale after nearly two centuries of being all male.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2017

“When we studied coeducation from every imaginable angle, we parsed out its costs and its consequences,” Dr. Bowen told the Daily Princetonian in 2011.

From Washington Post • Oct. 22, 2016

Here, of course, I make no attempt to offer a decisive opinion one way or the other upon the disputed question of coeducation of the sexes.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden