For my English CTW class at Santa Clara University, I am currently doing a research project on Greek life. After initial archival research and a survey report, I am now attempting to find articles to make an argumentative essay. So far using the library’s databases, I have had a lot of issues trying to find relevant and convenient articles and sources. I want to continue researching about aspects of Greek life such as if they are truly a benefit to a college students career or a detriment.
I did find one article however that used a longitudinal national dataset to analyze the question above. The article comes from The Journal of College Development written by a few different University professors. One of their most significant findings was that Greek life does not correlate to worse academic performance. This is very interesting as one of the claims against Greek life is that it does not promote intellectual thinking. I hope to dive in more to articles and research on Greek life.