St. Cloud State University

Fraternity & Sorority Academic Support & Resources

"Academic success is related, in part, to student’s social competence and their ability to adapt to different environments. Thus, the more equipped young people are to navigate life, the more they are likely to achieve in school. One of the important ways that assets work is that they help young people be resilient in the face of difficulties." Search Institute Responsibilities With New Members Academic Transitions * Transitioning and providing support for upperclass members		SCSU Greek Community Statistics
Research has shown that those chapters who have written scholastic policy earn higher averages than those without such a policy. Academic Learning Contract/Academic Probation Template		Stewart Hall 101, 308-4993 Academic Learning Center http://www.stcloudstate.edu/alc/ Academic Learning Center Study Skills Assistance Academic Learning Center Study& Learning Resources SCSULearning DisabilitiesOffice The Writing Assistant chttp://www.stcloudstate.edu/writeplace/ Write Place workshops: http://www.stcloudstate.edu/writeplace/2007WorkshopSchedule.asp MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Reading 110: Reading and Study Strategies This course emphasizes problem-solving strategies designed to organize, record, and review information relating to college course work. Application of problem solving strategies to enhance individual examinations in college courses. 2 credits.

Reading 120: Power Reading, a general education courseThis course enhances critical reading and flexibility through the application of efficient comprehension and vocabulary strategies. General education elective. 2 credits.

D2L Course - Reading 110This course is offered entirely online. Students must register through Continuing Studies. The course emphasizes problem solving strategies designed to organize, record, and review information relating to college course work. 2 credits.

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Success For Students Program

New Member Education & Membership Development: Academic Support

"What is the best kind of relationship between the older and younger members?"

Responsibilities With New Members

a study which was conducted at the University of Kansas. The purpose of this study was to find differences in fraternities that excelled scholastically, socially and athletically as compared to those who were not successful in these areas.
The differences as described:

• The chapter atmosphere in which new members were respected, accepted, and encouraged was definitely related to high scholastic achievement. In opposition, an atmosphere in which new members were belittled, embarrassed, and made to feel inferior was co ncomitant with low scholastic achievement.
  
• The new member programs of the high achieving fraternities were based upon a system of management and guidance rather than law enforcement. Considerable opportunities were allowed for new members to become self-directing. On the other hand, an atmosphere i which new members were given little opportunity to take self-initiated action and be responsible for those actions, usually contributed to poor scholarship.

 

• New members tended to copy the behavior of the older members in both the high and low groups. The older members of the high fraternities were constantly aware of themselves in the new members' presence and made every effort to present themselves to the new members in the best light. In the low groups, the activities generally deviated greatly from the behavior they expected of their new members.
  
• Seeing and understanding the new member as an individual who had definite physical and emotional needs was an important factor in the high ranking groups. The low groups had few provisions in their new member programs for satisfying the new members' personal and academic problems. They believed that physical and mental discipline would produce academically successful members. Results showed that attempts to control new members by using a maximum amount of punishment yieldeda minimum amount of production.
  
• The high achieving fraternities used methods of controlling new member behavior which were based upon the use of reward alone, or a combination of reward and punishment. They stressed positive inter-personal relationships between new members/canidates and actives. The low group primarily used punishment and reproof and developed negative inter-personal relationships.

 

*author of the Kansas study, William R. Butler

"Great learning and superior abilities, should you ever possess them, will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them." Abigail Adams told her son John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States

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Honor codes: http://www.academicintegrity.org/index.asp

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Learning Techniques for Tutors and Mentors

 

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Fraternity & Sorority New Member Resources (Information & Resources for New Members)

Membership Development & New Member Program Resources (Membership Development and New Member Education Officers)

 

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