A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Fraternity or Sorority Membership and College Student Success
| Autor: | Nicholas A. Bowman, Joshua M. Holmes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
education
05 social sciences Fraternity Ethnic group 050301 education Academic achievement Education 03 medical and health sciences Race (biology) 0302 clinical medicine Propensity score matching 030212 general & internal medicine Psychology 0503 education Socioeconomic status Female students Social psychology Graduation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of College Student Development. 58:1018-1034 |
| ISSN: | 1543-3382 |
| Popis: | Despite considerable debate about the effects of fraternities and sororities on college campuses, the extent to which these organizations promote or detract from student success is unclear. Therefore, we used propensity score analyses to examine the link between membership in a social fraternity or sorority and several student success outcomes. For female students, membership is associated with greater college satisfaction, grades, retention, and 4-year graduation, whereas the findings are mixed and mostly nonsignificant for male students. The results are similar regardless of students’ race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and precollege academic ability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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