When it came to picking topics for P3, the possibilities are endless.
With topics in Ethics in Higher Education as well as interests allowed by Ms.
Brookeshier I began to think about topics happening around the US especially
with the election coming up as well problems being addressed in colleges around
the US. I will be going outside the
topic of Ethics in Higher Education for P3.
The first ideas that came to mind when trying to find a topic for P3
were immigration policies, climate change, and the thoughts on if joining a
fraternity or sorority is beneficial or a draw back to college students. After
a few days of thinking about which topic to choose from, I chose the topic on
joining fraternities and sororities. I chose this topic because it shows both
the beneficial aspects and disadvantages of being a part of Greek life for
college students. The research question
I will be asking in P3 is “Is joining fraternities or sororities beneficial or
a draw back to college students?”. The strategies I used to come to the issue
of joining a frat. or sorority was to first look at interest of my own. If
figured the more interested I am in a topic, then the more I would know what to
look for on the topic and the better the paper has potential to be. The other strategies I used was to find a
topic currently happening around me and with all of the fraternities and
sororities being big news around campus, it seemed to work perfectly. The
overall theme of my P3 research paper will be to determine whether joining a
fraternity or sorority is more of a beneficial or a draw back to college
students after joining. Since I am
planning on rushing next fall semester I would like to know what I am getting
myself into. I began to think about how many times I had heard about how going
into a fraternity would be a great idea as well as hearing how joining a
fraternity would hurt my college career.
The potential stakeholders in this argument are the students considering
joining Greek life (Pledges), the Universities that have Greek life, and the
formed fraternities and sororities themselves. The pledges stakeholder appeals
to me the most since I plan on being a potential pledge for a fraternity here at
Colorado State University. In my part, I would personally persuade an
unconvinced stakeholder. With the research paper, the more evidence you have
for your argument, the more convincing your argument and cause will seem. Trying to persuade someone who is an
unconvinced stakeholder in this situation would be trying to convince someone
who could be a potential pledge or someone who believes that Greek life is
unnecessary to college students’ lives. Targeting
this group will not be easy by any means but it is the biggest target group. Thousands
of people are already in the Greek life but a lot more aren’t. Many people
think about joining but aren’t sure what to expect and end up backing out of
it. That is also my personal reason for choosing this topic, I wish to know
what I am getting into and what I can get out of it.
As
of now I am slightly concerned on P3 and how to complete the project entirely.
My biggest concerns are the immense pieces of work needed to be finished as
well as how to complete these pieces of work correctly and o their full
potential. The researching will not be a
problem but I believe when I say that many of us have never seen a true
annotated bibliography that I speak for the majority of the class. Also clarification on how the research paper
should be organized could be more talked about if possible. Others than that, the P3 project seems fairly
well laid out. Seeing that it is the
biggest project we have for this semester it comes with knowing that it will be
no joking matter when it comes to time consumption and work in and out of the
classroom as well as probable office hours. If we could go through any of the following in
class then it would be much a
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