Voluntary Association Membership: Black Greek Men on a Predominantly White Campus

McClure, Stephanie M.

doi:10.1353/jhe.2006.0053

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Voluntary Association Membership: Black Greek Men on a Predominantly White Campus

McClure, Stephanie M.·2006·The Journal of Higher Education

DOI 10.1353/jhe.2006.0053

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This project explores the meaning of membership for members of a Black Greek organization (BGO) and uncovers how the members utilize the fraternity to create various connections. It incorporates underutilized research on voluntary associations and draws attention to a necessary distinction between membership in a BGO and membership in a traditionally White Greek organization

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BGLOs have improved the experiences of African American students, especially at predominantly Caucasian institutions.
“Researchers have concluded that BGLOs have improved the experiences of African American students, especially at predominantly Caucasian institutions (Harper, 2007;McClure, 2006).”
From Declining Participation in Fraternity and Sorority Life: a Comparison of Perceptions of Greek-lettered Organizations Between Affiliated and Non-affiliated Students (2025) · cites this paper as McClure, 2006
BGLOs connect their members to their campuses and to African American history and create social networks for African American students.
“McClure (2006) found that BGLOs not only connect their members to their campuses and to African American history but also create social networks for this population of students.”
From Declining Participation in Fraternity and Sorority Life: a Comparison of Perceptions of Greek-lettered Organizations Between Affiliated and Non-affiliated Students (2025) · cites this paper as McClure, 2006
African American students in BGLOs experience lower levels of apathy, social withdrawal, and alienation from their institutions.
“This group of students has also indicated experiencing lower levels of apathy, social withdrawal, and alienation from their institutions (McClure, 2006;Perkins et al., 2011).”
From Declining Participation in Fraternity and Sorority Life: a Comparison of Perceptions of Greek-lettered Organizations Between Affiliated and Non-affiliated Students (2025) · cites this paper as McClure, 2006
African American students in BGLOs have increased sense of morale, self-esteem, political efficacy, and community orientation.
“For this sector of individuals, research has revealed an increased sense of morale, self-esteem, political efficacy, and community orientation (McClure, 2006).”
From Declining Participation in Fraternity and Sorority Life: a Comparison of Perceptions of Greek-lettered Organizations Between Affiliated and Non-affiliated Students (2025) · cites this paper as McClure, 2006
Members report higher levels of morale, self-esteem, and political efficacy and lower levels of alienation, apathy, and social withdrawal.
“Members report higher levels of morale, self-esteem, and political efficacy and lower levels of alienation, apathy, and social withdrawal (Astin, 1993;Bureau et al., 2011;McClure, 2006;Newsome, 2009;Perkins et al., 2011;Pike, 2000;Thorson, 1997).”
From Declining Participation in Fraternity and Sorority Life: a Comparison of Perceptions of Greek-lettered Organizations Between Affiliated and Non-affiliated Students (2025) · cites this paper as McClure, 2006

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Authors: McClure, S. M.
Corresponding author: McClure, Stephanie M.
ORCID: McClure, Stephanie M.
Venue: The Journal of Higher Education
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Published: 2006-11
Volume: 77
Issue: 6
Pages: 1036-1057
ISSN: 0022-1546 (ISSN-L)
1538-4640
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.2006.0053
OpenAlex: W1966891265
Cited by: 97
References: 63
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 12 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 7
FWCI: 10.27
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: The Journal of Higher Education (publishedVersion)
Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Critical Race Theory in Education
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Race, History, and American Society
Keywords: civil society organizations, membership, social connectedness, racial identity, university students

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