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A Systematic/Structural Examination of Factors that Facilitate and Inhibit Natural Recovery from Alcohol Abuse in College Students
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Keel, David S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors involved in natural recover or spontaneous remission from high-risk alcohol use in college students. The author hoped to explore the relationship between cognitive development and college students' drinking behaviors. Fraternity and sorority students from The College of William and Mary and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, College Students, Influences, Barriers
Lessons from the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Blaich, Charles – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
Funded by the Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts (CILA) at Wabash College, the Wabash National Study of Liberal Arts Education (WNS) is a multi-institution, multi-year, longitudinal study designed to identify the academic and non-academic collegiate experiences that foster liberal learning. This article describes how the study was done and…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Longitudinal Studies, Liberal Arts, Student Evaluation
Cognitive Effects of Greek Affiliation in College: Additional Evidence
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Flowers, Lamont; Whitt, Elizabeth J. – NASPA Journal, 2009
Previous research published in this journal found broad-based negative effects of Greek affiliation on standardized measures of cognitive development after 1 year of college. Following the same sample, and employing essentially the same research design and analytic model, the present study found that the negative effects of Greek affiliation were…
Descriptors: Fraternities, Cognitive Development, Sororities, Age Differences