Does Going Greek Impair Undergraduate Academic Performance?: A Case Study
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A bstract. Controlling for SAT scores, college major, gender, and state of residence, university students were more likely to have joined a fraternity or sorority if they had come from in state and had higher verbal SAT scores, but lower math SAT scores, the opposite of what simple uncontrolled averages indicate. Controlling for the same variables, fraternity and sorority members suffered from 1 to 10 percent lower cumulative GPAs than non‐Greek students. This negative effect was most pronounced for small fraternities and weakest for sororities.
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Grubb's (2006) findings revealed fraternity/sorority members averaged a 1%-2% lower GPA than their nonaffiliated counterparts by their senior year in college.
“However, three years later, Grubb's (2006) findings revealed fraternity/sorority members averaged a 1%-2% lower GPA than their nonaffiliated counterparts by their senior year in college.”
From The Influence of Fraternity and Sorority Involvement: A Critical Analysis of Research (1996–2013) (2014) · cites this paper as Grubb, 2006
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- Authors
- Grubb, F.
- Affiliations
- University of Delaware (US)
- Corresponding author
- Grubb, Farley
- ORCID
- Grubb, Farley
- Venue
- The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-11
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1085-1110
- ISSN
- 0002-9246 (ISSN-L)
- 1536-7150
- OpenAlex
- W1552371066
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Economics and Sociology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Outcomes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
- Keywords
- fraternities and sororities, Greek life, academic performance, GPA, university students, SAT scores, sororities
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