Triumph or tragedy: Comparing student engagement levels of members of Greek-letter organizations and other students

John C. Hayek; Robert M. Carini; Patrick T. O'Day; George D. Kuh

Triumph or tragedy: Comparing student engagement levels of members of Greek-letter organizations and other students

John C. Hayek, Robert M. Carini, Patrick T. O'Day, George D. Kuh

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This study compared the levels of student engagement between fraternity and sorority members and other undergraduate students. After controls, Greek members appeared to be equally and sometimes more engaged in academically challenging tasks, active learning, student-faculty interaction, community service, diversity, satisfaction, and on learning and personal development gains.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	643-663
Number of pages	21
Journal	Journal of College Student Development
Volume	43
Issue number	5
State	Published - Sep 2002
Externally published	Yes

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