Executive Summary: Exploring Student Employment as a Co-Curriculum within Student Affairs

Gary Pike and Dawn Wiese describe their quantitative research showing the connections between fraternity or sorority membership and student engagement and campus learning outcomes, using NSSE data.

Clyde Barnett of Discover Without Barriers Consulting LLC, describes qualitative case study research of the transitions that needed to occur in advising student government organizations through and out of the Covid-19 pandemic – and changes that have sustained since then.

Faculty and staff advisors have taken students to professional conferences for generations. Megan Friesen conducted a qualitative case study examining what students gain from these experiences.

A team of researchers led by Meghan Grace and Pietro Sasso identified a popular “Emerging Leaders” program in a national fraternity organization in a longitudinal study, showing its affects and providing suggestions for leadership educators who work with college students.

Desiree Forsythe led a team of researchers who studied minoritized students in student organizations focused on minoritized identities, identifying both benefits and challenges associated with their involvement.