coeducational
Americanadjective
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educating the sexes jointly at the same institution or in the same classes.
a coeducational state college.
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of or relating to coeducation.
coeducational programs.
Other Word Forms
- coeducationalism noun
- coeducationally adverb
Etymology
Origin of coeducational
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; co- + educational
Example Sentences
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On arrival in England, the 7-year-old Auerbach was sent to Bunce Court, a progressive coeducational boarding school in the county of Kent that took in many pupils and teachers who were fleeing Nazi Germany.
From New York Times
Others began changing their admissions policies, as Texas Woman’s University did, admitting men as graduate students in the 1970s and becoming fully coeducational in 1994.
From Washington Post
On Monday, the university’s board of trustees voted unanimously on the coeducational shift after reviewing enrollment trends at women’s colleges and data on high school graduation rates.
From Washington Post
It was a rare coeducational establishment in a country where boys and girls were often kept separate.
From New York Times
Generations of wealthy and powerful people have graduated from Mater Dei, which opened in 1950 as the first coeducational parochial school in Orange County.
From Los Angeles Times
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