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Originally posted by MysticCat81
But that doesn't mean that the Constitution applies to private institutions; it means that Congress has, by statute, (or a federal department has, by regulation) put conditions on the receipt of federal funds. If it accepts the funds, the institution also accepts the conditions. It's a matter of contract. In exchange for federal funds, the instutition agrees to do/not do certain things. (And I certainly stand to be corrected, but I think IvySpice is right -- Congress has in no way mandated that private institutions that receive federal funds must, as a condition of receiving those funds, allow Greek life.)
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They don't have to allow Greek life, but they cannot prevent the students from forming Greek groups on their own without college recognition, or discipline them for doing so, which is what Bowdoin and some other schools tried to do.
"Federal funds" also applies to any federally affiliated scholarships.