Leadership Development Through the Fraternity Experience and the Relationship to Career Success After Graduation

Abstract

Promoting student leadership development has been an objective of higher learning since the inception of colleges and universities and is also a major tenet espoused in the mission statements of inter/national fraternities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the leadership impact that service as a fraternity chapter president has on students’ self- perceived leadership development. More specifically, this study addressed the self- perceived leadership impact the fraternity experience has on students’ careers.