Michael Manhart
Profesor Michael Goeller
Research in Disciplines: College!
10/21/14
Research Proposal
Working Title: The Positive Sides of Greek Life
Topic:
I plan on focusing on the positive outcomes of being in a Greek Letter Organiz1ation. Greek life is always blown up in the media as being an awful influence on college students. This paper will bring together all the positive sides of being in a fraternity or sorority instead of the negative ones. Some of the positive outcomes of being in a greek organization are the networking opportunities, job possibilities, and the personality you build while being in a fraternity or sorority.
Research Question:
Can Greek Life Organizations, on college campuses, have a positive impact on the young students? If so, how?
Theoretical Frame:
The list of positive aspects of being in a greek organization can go on forever but i plan on only focusing on the main topics. In the media, greek life is always being represented in bad terms because of alcohol and violence. There are many reports of negative things coming out of greek organizations but there are so many more positive ones. The media never takes into account of all the positive things greek members do for the community and for the school. Greeks are more involved on campus than most other students because they are always doing community service and philanthropy events. They help raise money for children with diseases and help raise money for the school which is never talked about in the media. The media only likes to bring up the negative aspects of greek organizations. Greek life isn't always about partying, violence, and drugs. I am in a fraternity and i know for a fact this is not what we do as a chapter. We love to help out the community by doing volunteer work around New Brunswick and volunteering as various charity events. Many other greek organizations do the same at their schools because greek members are respected young adults who like to help out their community. Also, greek life helps you out after you graduate because of all the connections you have made in you fraternity or sorority. Alumni of greek life make more money on average than a non-greek member. This happens because of the networking opportunities you gain while participating in Greek activities.
I am interested in this topic because I am in a fraternity on campus at Rutgers University. I always hear negative things stemming from being in a frat or sorority but this is not true. Much more good comes out of going greek than negative. I want to expand on these positive outcomes and explain why Greek organizations are constructive and beneficial to the young students.
Research Plan:
The information and case studies that I am going to look for when researching for this assignment are going to be the ones that show greek life is positive and not negative. Some of these studies include showing that Greek members go on to make more money than non greek members. “In the first, membership leads to higher wages because firms believe that fraternity members possess greater skills and abilities than nonmembers” (Labor Review 5). This quote shows that companies like to higher alumni of greek organizations because they think greeks have better skills and knowledge than non greek members. Other case studies i can bring up in my research paper is that greek members are more involved on campus because of all the community service and philanthropy events. Non-greek members do not participate in these events because they are not driven to do these philanthropic events. The fraternity and sorority members enjoy doing these various events so they do them more often. I have found some other articles that can help back up this idea and all my other ideas.
Bibliography
"Fraternity Membership And Labor Market Outcomes." Monthly Labor Review 135.12 (2012): 39-40. Business Source Premier. Web. 14 Oct. 2014.
Sportelli, Natalie. "Buying Into Greek Life: Is It Worth It?." Forbes.Com (2014): 5. Business Source Premier. Web. 14 Oct. 2014.
Frankel, Kevin. "Self Perpetuating Success of Social Fraternities." The Lamron. 27 Feb. 2014. Web. 21 Oct. 2014.
ok, I guess you can take as the counter-argument a source that says fraternities discourage academic engagement (perhaps). But you need to make a more specific *positive* argument for the value of fraternities -- perhaps as Frank did in emphasizing the way they create social engagement which ultimately supports overall college success -- especially graduation success.
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