{"id":589,"date":"2015-02-09T00:50:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T00:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ddce.utexas.edu\/aamri\/?p=589"},"modified":"2015-02-09T00:50:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T00:50:37","slug":"effects-of-greek-affiliation-on-african-american-students-engagement-differences-by-college-racial-composition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/effects-of-greek-affiliation-on-african-american-students-engagement-differences-by-college-racial-composition\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of Greek affiliation on African American students&#8217; engagement: Differences by college racial composition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patton, L. D., Bridges, B. K., &amp; Flowers, L. A. (2011). Effects of Greek affiliation on African American students&#8217; engagement: Differences by college racial composition.\u00a0<em>College Student Affairs Journal<\/em>,\u00a029(2), 113-123.<\/p>\n<p>This study used a nationally\u00a0representative sample\u00a0of African American college students to examine\u00a0the degree\u00a0to which their affiliation with a Greek-letter organization contributed to engagement in effective educational practices by analyzing National Survey of Student Engagement data at historically Black colleges\u00a0and universities and predominantly White institutions. Overall, the findings indicated that Greek affiliation does enhance African American student engagement, particularly as it relates to\u00a0interactions\u00a0with faculty members and peers. Data also indicated that Greek affiliated members at historically Black colleges and\u00a0universities\u00a0appear to be more engaged than their counterparts at predominantly White institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Full article can be found here:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/centers-institutes\/houston\/documents\/greekaffiliation.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patton, L. D., Bridges, B. K., &amp; Flowers, L. A. (2011). Effects of Greek affiliation on African American students&#8217; engagement: Differences by college racial composition.\u00a0College Student Affairs Journal,\u00a029(2), 113-123. This study used a nationally\u00a0representative sample\u00a0of African American college students to examine\u00a0the degree\u00a0to which their affiliation with a Greek-letter organization contributed&hellip;&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/effects-of-greek-affiliation-on-african-american-students-engagement-differences-by-college-racial-composition\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"underline\">read more<\/span>&nbsp;<i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[76,315,620,6,621,184,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-higher-education-he","7":"tag-76","8":"tag-b-k-bridges","9":"tag-greek-affiliation","10":"tag-hbcu","11":"tag-l-d-patton","12":"tag-l-a-flowers","13":"tag-pwi","14":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/225"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.edb.utexas.edu\/bmerc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}