Assessing the Persistence to Graduation of Students Joining Fraternities at Western Kentucky University

In the study, I assessed the persistence of students who joined fraternities at Western Kentucky University. Also included is a comparison between them and the general student population. The study includes 1467 students who joined fraternities between the Fall 1986 to Spring 1991 semesters. A five-year time period was used as the benchmark for graduation from the institution. Factors that were explored included race, initiation status, year in school when pledging, and organizational affiliation. Pearson Product-Moment Correlations and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze the data. The results illustrated that students who join fraternities graduate at a higher percentage than the general student population. Black students who join fraternities graduate at a significantly higher percentage than black students who do not join. Pledge Year and Initiation Status proved to be significant factors.

Name thesis:degree_name

Education Specialist

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year

1996

Author dc:creator

• Pride, Charles

• Western Kentucky University
• Fraternities
• Education
• Psychology
• Race and Ethnicity

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/816

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1819