August 2019

Archives for August 2019

ELPS Welcomes New EDAM Doctoral Students

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The department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies welcomes 4 new Educational Administration doctoral students, with a welcome dinner at Chesapeake’s. The students are Loren Forgety, Alexis Hartley, Donna Wortham, and Rolen Blaine.

Pictured left to right: Dorian McCoy, Patrick Biddix, Loren Forgety, Alexis Hartley, Lisa Driscoll, Sonya Hayes, Jim McIntyre, Mary Lynne Derrington, Pamela Angelle, Donna Wortham, Rolen Blaine, James Martinez, and Margaret Ritchie

National Panhellenic Conference Graduation Rate Study

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ELPS faculty Dr. Patrick Biddix and Dr. Terry Ishitani, along with ELPS alumnae Nicole Nicholson and Kaitlin Singer, completed and published a study that demonstrated women in sororities across 18 four-year institutions were more likely than non-members to graduate in four years, with the graduation rate between the two groups stabilizing for years five and six. Recommendations for practice to strengthen the educational component of sorority membership were also provided.

The article, “The Influence of National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) Sorority Membership on Graduation and Time-to-Degree: A Multi-Institution Study” was published in the Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education (subscription required for access).