Student InvolvementEssay Preview: Student InvolvementReport this essayExecutive SummaryThe purpose of our research was to gauge the reasons why people do and do not get involved with Slippery Rock School of Business organizations. We wanted to compare many factors within our collected data to try and get a better understanding of the personal feelings and characteristics of those people both involved and not involved in organizations.
The data collected for just those not involved in organizations, shows that out of 71 students only 43 of them have ever thought of being in an organization. Many of the organizations in the School of Business have never even been heard of by the respondents. Many of the students feel that being involved could be valuable to them in the future. But due to a variety of factors the most prevalent one being a lack of free time, the students still do not become involved. This may be because of work or because of being involved in other organizations.
Our research showed a variety of reasons why students did join. When asked to check all that apply, students selected to gain experience, to network, and to put a name on their resume as the top reasons why they joined. Close to 75% of those students said that their expectations were met and all of them said they would tell fellow students to become involved. Twenty respondents said they think membership will be valuable, where thirteen said it would prove to be very valuable.
As we analyzed the data collected from both categories of students we can see that in general, students that are involved have a higher GPA. We thought that there would also be a relationship between higher GPA and number of classes skipped per week but this is not the case. We found that 51% of those involved skip 0 classes per week where 56% of those not involved skip 0 classes per week. Students involved in organizations also tend to be more dedicated to their major and both sets of students value their career very highly.
Research TopicIn the previously written quote, Abrahamowicz says that “involvement is the most important condition for improving the undergraduate education”, and our group feels the same way. Since many of our members are involved in organizations we truly feel that the organizations we are associated with have helped us grow both professionally and socially, and have provided us with opportunities we would not have had otherwise. The number of students involved in organizations within the School of Business is only 15%. That is 155 students out of close to 1,000. We feel that these numbers are extremely low compared to other universities and are seeking to find out the reasons why students both engage in student organizations and do not engage in student organizations. From this research project we hope that our findings will be able to answer these questions, and we will be able to use our results to help the school of business organizations grow. We hope to present our findings to a panel of members from the organizations so they can see why people do, and do not, join organizations. Our objectives for this specific research project are as follows:
Find out the reasons why students are involved in Slippery Rock University school of business organizationsFind out the reasons why students are not involved in Slippery Rock University school of business organizationsGet enrollment statistics on Slippery Rock University School of Business OrganizationsDetermine ways to get students more involved in Slippery Rock University School of Business OrganizationsCompare secondary data to primary data and see if our results show any relationshipsSecondary InformationIn conducting our secondary data analysis we found many articles that were pertinent to our research project. In an article titled “The Importance of Student Involvement: A Dialogue with Alexander Astin”, we found the following information:
Students of Southeastern University, including the following, participate in the University’s Student Involvement Programs:
A number of student organizations have been identified as an important influence for the Southeastern University Student Involvement Program and we found that, on average, those programs received more than 80% of all applications. We also found that, more than half of the student organizations participating in Southeastern University’s Student Involvement Programs received more than $100,000, compared to only 23% of the student organizations participating in other kinds of student involvement. Furthermore, our analysis indicated that, in the end, over 75% of the student organizations working at Southeastern University were involved in our research and development project.
Students of Southeastern University, including the following, participate in University of Pittsburgh student events and our student-run events:
We find that, a few years ago, more than 95% of the student organizations we identified participated in, or were involved in the University’s Student Involvement Program events. However, more recent studies such as this one clearly show that student involvement is important to the Southeastern University student involved in the School of Business Organizations Program. More information on Southeastern Student Involvement Programs (e.g., the Association for Student Organizations and other student organization types) can be found:
Research and Development of Southeastern University Student Involvement Projects (Eugenic University Student Association)
Students who choose to participate in a Southeastern University-operated and in-house student organization may be the first to experience the unique advantages of student participation.
We recently provided all academic institutions with a complete list of other Southeastern University-operated student organizations and the University of Pittsburgh student organizations in general to further analyze their efforts to improve the academic performance of Southeastern students on a level with the broader institutions of higher education in the District. We conducted a series of reviews of all undergraduate student organizations that we identified with that title of Southeastern University Student Involvement Projects (ESOP), analyzing the results of our research (or the specific research being conducted by other Southeastern University organizations) and the academic performance of each of the student organization types as the result of these student involvement activities.
For undergraduate students, our analysis included more than three dozen projects; we did not find an academic advantage for other Southeastern University student organizations. In addition, we included a short set of interviews with three of these student organizations as part of this research.[/p]