The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Title IX on four national scholastic and leadership honor societies. The effect of Title IX on the proportion of male and female members of these organizations was compared on campuses of different enrollment size and institutional control. The sex of elected student officers and faculty advisers was also examined. / A survey was mailed to the chapter advisers and presidents of 676 honor societies. Responses from 585 chapters (86.5%) were analyzed. / The survey data revealed that Title IX has had a significant effect on the membership practices of honor societies. Women students hold a higher percentage of the membership and positions of leadership than men students in all four honor societies. Women students in 1981-82 held an average of 59.1% of the membership in these four honor societies. More women students have joined historically male honor societies than men students have joined historically female honor societies. / Unlike the findings of previous research on sex differences in leadership assumption, this study found that female students have not yielded positions of leadership to male students in these coeducational honor societies. Except in Omicron Delta Kappa (O D K), there was no statistically significant difference in the proportion of male and female members and the proportion of male and female students holding the office of president. In O D K men held a statistically significant higher proportion of the offices of president. The office of secretary, in all honor societies, remained a sex-stereotyped position dominated by women. / A significantly higher proportion of male members and officers were found in historically male honor societies, while a significantly higher proportion of female members and officers were found in historically female honor societies. / The proportions of male and female members were unaffected by the enrollment size of the institution or the presence of a parallel honor society on the campus. Institutional control had no effect on the proportion of male and female officers, but did affect the proportion of male and female members. / Women faculty members have not been as successful in achieving adviser roles in historically male honor societies as male faculty members in achieving adviser positions in historically female honor societies. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-02, Section: A, page: 0399. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75044 |
| Contributors | EARWOOD, GLENDA FAYE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 159 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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