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DELTA PSI NEWS
Kappa Kappa Gamma • Texas Tech University
New Study Finds Sorority Women
Have Stronger Educational Outcomes
Research confirms claims that sorority members
have stronger, more positive educational outcomes
and retention rates than non-sorority members,
according to the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC).
This joint research* communicates the outcomes of a
large-scale analysis conducted between January
and August of 2014.
3x
2.5x
2x
more likely
to be retained
from freshman to
sophomore year
more likely
to graduate
more likely
to graduate in
four years
Statistics found after accounting for pre-college characteristics,
such as high school GPA and ACT score, as well as institutional differences.
*Research comes from the study Sorority Membership and Education Outcomes:
Results from a National Study, done by J. Patrick Biddix, Ph.D., and the NPC in 2014.
NPC sororities are located
on more than
672
campuses
in
3,184
chapters.
with
353,345
undergraduate members
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Kappa Memories
Check out the graduating class of 2015 way back
when they were newly initiated sisters.
Pam Price Murfee '64 and Jan Smith
Taylor '64 celebrate years of sisterhood
by receiving their 50-year pins.
Last summer, Delta Psi sisters raised hundreds
of dollars in less than two days by taking
on the ALS ice bucket challenge.
Some of our earliest sisters celebrate
the Delta Psi charter.
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