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The relationship between participation in extracurricular organizations and the academic performance and retention of college freshman
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate differences in academic performance and persistence among freshman participating in fraternities, corps of cadets, and athletics in comparison to matched samples of non-members. The study showed that, on average, students were adversely affected by participation in athletics and fraternities when sex, race, college, major, and academic ability were controlled. There was no evidence to conclude that participation in these organizations had any consistent effect on persistence.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph. D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- doctoral
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Educational Research
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Educational Research
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1996
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Boling, Bruce
- Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
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- Cross, Lawrence H.
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- Hutchins, David E.
- Fortune, Jimmie C.
- Bickley, Patricia
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- etd-05112006-154830
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/37778