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Rho Chapter Strand of Pearls
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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Dallas Dano '14 and Ellie Schumann '14
show off the awards the chapter
received at National Convention.
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Alumnae News
Joan Shell retired from 24 years of teaching
in 2008, when she got her own "class" of
triplet grandchildren. She now has seven
grandchildren; triplets, twins, and two singles.
Joan resides in Bexley, Ohio, but travels to
California, where all three of her daughters have
settled. She still keeps in touch with Barbara
Engel Brenner, a dear AEPhi friend.
Dollie Jonas '48 volunteers as a guide at a
performing arts center in Miami, Dade County,
and is an usher and guide for the New World
Center in Miami Beach. She is the treasurer of
Study of Stocks, which is a stock club for 27
ladies with portfolios of over $138,000. "Not
bad for a bunch of girls," she said. Dollie and
her husband, Stanley, have three children. They
live in North Bay Village, Fla.
