Students attending universities, with the emphasis switching from only focusing on academic experience to combining academic and social performance together. This study is an investigation of the GPA, family background and demographic predictors of being leaders in the student association for Chinese university students in elite universities. Questionnaires data were collected from 1661 students in four elite universities in 2013 to 2015. The GPA was identified as the most significant predictor of being a leader in the student association. Integration into the family background, family income was also predictive of students ' leadership. Identifying the factors that influence students ' leadership can improve the support services for …show more content…
Meanwhile, it is hard to deny that family background has a crucial impact on students’ leadership. Due to the household registration policy, the unequally distributed resources between rural and urban area lead to the gaps in cultural, social and economic capitals between rural and urban residents. Li (2013) explains that inadequacy in the capitals in family constraints alienate students from disadvantaged groups to the 'consecrated ' university activities. Gao et al. (2011) find that students from high-income family have bigger odds of receiving awards and participating in activities in the school. Therefore, it is necessary to analysis the impact of family background on students’ leadership.
Research Problem:
Does an increase in students’ GPA predict an increase in the changes of being a leader of student association at elite universities when controlling for students’ family background?
Methods:
The data of this paper are coming from a longitudinal study on a group of undergraduate students at four large, research-intensive, elite public universities in China. Designed and conducted by a team at the University of Hong Kong, the study used a multi-stage, proportionate stratified sampling method to draw a random sample of college students based on the student enrollment record. All questionnaires were distributed by the researchers and self-administered by respondents. 2,000 survey questionnaires were distributed in 2013, and the
The socioeconomic status of an individual’s parents has always been one of the clear-cut forecasters of the individual’s academic success and educational accomplishment. The correlation between family socioeconomic uniqueness and student accomplishment is one of the most forceful patterns in educational scholarship; however the reasons and means
Briefly explain why you want to be a Student Leader, what you can gain and contribute to the program.
“We have come to far, we have sacrificed too much, to disdain the future now.” John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963. Kennedy looked at the country’s future and served with America 's future in mind. America 's government and history are two things youngsters need to educate themselves about, in order to go deeper into the truth and lead our country, because history tends to repeat itself, government officials could be more diverse, and student polls show how little they really know.
1. Describe an example of your leadership experience in which you have positively influenced others, helped resolve disputes, or contributed to group efforts over time.
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Nowadays, the detriment in higher education has reached alarming levels. According to Suzanne Mettler, a political scientist at Cornell University, while students work hard on the side to be able to afford an education, they receive an inferior education because education has evolved into a caste system that doesn’t give them a chance to succeed. Mettler addresses this topic in her book, “Degrees of Inequality: How the Politics of Higher Education Sabotaged the American Dream.” She analyzes the relationship between money and politics, greed, and misplaced priorities, and how education produces more inequality amongst students from different economic levels (HU, 2015).
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