Greek Organization Membership and Collegiate Outcomes at an Elite, Private University

Walker, Jay K.; Martin, Nathan D.; Hussey, Andrew

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“…In the US, there is evidence of fraternity participation impeding educational achievement, but some fraternities facilitate academic performance, so the picture is mixed (Nelson andEngstrom 2013, Walker, Martin andHussey 2014). There are also indications that African-American and Latino/Latina students of any gender are more frequently defined as 'disruptive' in US classroom environments (Skibo et al 2011), reflecting the primacy of the racial divide in this country.…”

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(Re)theorising laddish masculinities in higher education

Phipps

2016

Gender and Education

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In the context of renewed debates and interest in this area, this paper reframes the theoretical agenda around laddish masculinities in UK higher education, and similar masculinities overseas. These can be contextualised within consumerist neoliberal rationalities, the neoconservative backlash against feminism and other social justice movements, and the postfeminist belief that women are winning the 'battle of the sexes'. Contemporary discussions of 'lad culture' have rightly centred sexism and men¹s violence against women: however, we need a more intersectional analysis. In the UK a key intersecting category is social class, and there is evidence that while working class articulations of laddism proceed from being dominated within alienating education systems, middle class and elite versions are a reaction to feeling dominated due to a loss of gender, class and race privilege. These are important differences, and we need to know more about the conditions which shape and produce particular performances of laddism, in interaction with masculinities articulated by other social groups. It is perhaps unhelpful, therefore, to collapse these social positions and identities under the banner of 'lad culture', as has been done in the past. IntroductionIn the past 20 years, critical studies of men and masculinities have burgeoned (Beasley 2012). A broad body of work across the social/biological sciences and humanities, focusing on men's and boys' identities and a variety of social problems such as mental health issues, unemployment, educational underachievement and violence, has been paralleled by the development of a policy literature on how gender issues affect men (Kimmel, Hearn and Connell 2004). Laddism as both an identity performance and social practice has been a key part of this canon, investigated as a phenomenon in itself and positioned as a causal factor in relation to a number of 'men's issues'. Since 2010, the figure of the 'lad' has especially come to dominate discussions around masculinities in UK higher education, and has been associated with concerns about sexual harassment and violence. However, there have been few attempts as yet to (re)theorise and contextualise contemporary laddish masculinities, a space I wish to occupy in this paper.

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Section: Laddism In the Classroommentioning

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(Re)theorising laddish masculinities in higher education

Phipps

2016

Gender and Education

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“…It follows that members of HWFS often use and enjoy their privileges, such as the comforts of their organization's house, “to control and supervise social boundaries” (Ray & Roscow, 2012, p. ). The use of these privileges may be why “Greek membership leads to higher levels of involvement in and satisfaction with campus social life” (Walker, Martin, & Hussey, , p. 203), which often lead to important college outcomes, such as persistence (see Mayhew et al., ). Thus, while HWFS may provide students in these organizations with material and social privileges, the right to use and enjoy these privileges may influence students’ overall success in college and beyond.…”

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The Property Functions of Whiteness Within Fraternity and Sorority Culture and Its Impact on Campus

Harris

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Finch

2019

New Drctns for Student Srvcs

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“…A pair of studies using a large set of individual characteristics in a propensity score matching framework find negligible negative or even positive effects of Greek affiliation on academics (Routon and Walker 2014;Walker, Martin, and Hussey 2015). In contrast, De Donato and Thomas (2017) use an individual fixed effects approach and find substantial negative effects of Greek affiliation using the same data as Walker, Martin, and Hussey (2015). 5 These conflicting results highlight the importance of addressing unobservable differences between Greek and non-Greek students.…”

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Greek Life, Academics, and Earnings

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Smith

2020

J. Human Resources

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Greek Organization Membership and Collegiate Outcomes at an Elite, Private University

Cited by 36 publications

References 48 publications

(Re)theorising laddish masculinities in higher education

(Re)theorising laddish masculinities in higher education

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