Female Students and Denominational Affiliation: Sources of Success and Variation among Nineteenth-Century Academies.

Studies the institutional characteristics and strategic choices of successful academies operating under the New York Regents system from 1838 to 1850. Identifies single-sex education and denominational affiliation as important for success. Suggests frameworks for investigating variations among the 19th-century academies and discusses implications for market-based models of school funding. (SLD)