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The Conservative Corner of the Liberal Academy? Fraternity/Sorority Membership, Politics, and Activism
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Hevel, Michael S.; Weeden, Dustin D.; Pasquesi, Kira; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2015
We use a longitudinal dataset to explore the effect of fraternity/sorority membership on political orientation and social/political activism. After controlling for a variety of potentially confounding variables, including pretests on the dependent variables, fraternity and sorority members were significantly less liberal that their unaffiliated…
Descriptors: Fraternities, Sororities, Political Attitudes, Activism
Do Fraternities and Sororities Enhance Socially Responsible Leadership?
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Martin, Georgianna L.; Hevel, Michael S.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2012
This study explored the effects of fraternity and sorority membership on first-year college students' development of socially responsible leadership at 24 colleges and universities. The institutions varied in terms of public versus private, size, region, and student residential patterns. Results showed that fraternity members demonstrated…
Descriptors: Leadership, Sororities, Fraternities, College Freshmen
Do Fraternities and Sororities Still Enhance Socially Responsible Leadership? Evidence from the Fourth Year of College
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Hevel, Michael S.; Martin, Georgianna L.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2014
We use a longitudinal national dataset to explore the effects of fraternity and sorority membership on students' socially responsible leadership in the fourth year of college. Controlling for a variety of potentially confounding variables, we find no net effect. These findings run counter to an earlier study based on the same students that found…
Descriptors: Evidence, Fraternities, Sororities, Leadership
The Effects of Fraternity and Sorority Membership in the Fourth Year of College: A Detrimental or Value-Added Component of Undergraduate Education?
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Hevel, Michael S.; Martin, Georgianna L.; Weeden, Dustin D.; Pascarella, Ernest T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2015
We use a longitudinal national dataset to explore the direct and conditional effects of fraternity/sorority membership on students' educational outcomes in the 4th year of college. Controlling for a variety of potentially confounding variables, including pretest measures of the outcomes, we find no direct effect of fraternity/sorority membership…
Descriptors: Student Organizations, Fraternities, Sororities, Undergraduate Students