Editing University of Akron (section)

==Student life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of November 22, 2024
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! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: University of Akron|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?200800-University-of-Akron-Main-Campus |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=November 22, 2024}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|72|%|2||background:gray}}
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| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|12|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
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| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:brown}}
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| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:green}}
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| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:purple}}
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| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:orange}}
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! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
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| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|33|%|2||background:red}}
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| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|67|%|2||background:black}}
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The University of Akron has more than twenty fraternities and sororities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ohio |first=The University of Akron |title=Fraternity and Sorority Life - Active Chapters |url=https://www.uakron.edu/studentlife/involvement/fraternityandsororitylife/chapter-directory/ |access-date=September 10, 2024 |website=The University of Akron, Ohio |language=en-us}}</ref> The Ohio Epsilon chapter of [[Phi Delta Theta]] fraternity, founded in 1875, is the oldest continuous Greek-letter organization on campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uakron.phideltatheta.org/about/our-chapter/|title=Our Chapter - Ohio Epsilon|work=phideltatheta.org}}</ref> The Lone Star Fraternity claimed to be the oldest local fraternity in the United States, founded in 1882 with only one chapter. The organization suspended operation in 2021 due to reports of hazing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2023 |title=Anti-Hazing Report - University of Akron, January 2023 |url=https://www.uakron.edu/safety/docs/anti-hazing-report-january-2023.pdf |website=uakron.edu}}</ref>

The Beta Tau chapter of [[Alpha Delta Pi]] was founded on the University of Akron's campus as "Sigma Delta Theta" in 1920 and at the time it was the oldest local sorority on campus. Sigma Delta Theta later became the Beta Tau chapter of Alpha Delta Pi in 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alphadeltapi.org/betatau/default.asp?id=1613|title=ADPi|work=alphadeltapi.org|access-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226203219/https://www.alphadeltapi.org/betatau/default.asp?id=1613|archive-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

[[Phi Kappa Tau]] was originally founded as Sigma Beta Nu in 1923.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.akronphitau.com/ |access-date=September 25, 2023 |website=www.akronphitau.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics]] offers scholarships to men pursuing political science while being members of the organization.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ohio |first=The University of Akron |title=Scholarships |url=https://www.uakron.edu/bliss/scholarships/ |access-date=September 25, 2023 |website=The University of Akron, Ohio |language=en-us}}</ref> Notable alumni include politician [[Ray C. Bliss]] and mayor [[Tom Sawyer (Ohio politician)|Tom Sawyer]].