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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga
Would you be permitted to answer a question like "was so and so ever a member of an NPC group?" Simply a yes or no, not even which one?
Can students sign a waiver for certain items? (I believe this must happen at some colleges because they generate GPAs and comparative lists for NPC groups which are availabe on the Greek Life page.)
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It's done differently on many campuses. Each University has to decide for itself, how much information it is willing to disclose to any student organization, regarding a student's file, and has to weigh that with any potential liability issues that may pop up.
Our school has adopted disclosing information on a "need-to-know" basis, but that doesn't necessarily include everything that a student is willing to sign away.
Grades, there is a reason why a minimum GPA must be achieved. This benefits the college as well as the Greek Organization. Joining a Greek Organization involves a significant amount of a student's time, and we want to make sure that only those that can manage their time well, can take on additional responsibilities. School comes first, if you can't manage school, you can't join certain groups.
Our college, has a minimum GPA for all organizations. The organization is able to set it for themselves and set the bar higher (and we will help them in that verification process), but with us, if you are on academic probabation, you must terminate your membership, Greek or not.
The only exceptions are honor societies and scholarships, where a full transcript is needed in order to make award determinations.
Now, back to your question regarding someone being initiated into a sorority twice, and if it was in their file, could I say anything if asked.
If the situation at our school 8 years ago, repeated itself today, the answer would be no. The reason is, it doesn't fall into a "need-to-know" basis. It only benefits the Greek Organization...the school doesn't care one way or the other. Not disclosing it, doesn't raise any liability issues....disclosing it, if the student does not wish to disclose ALL of their previous organizations on their personal file, can raise a huge liability issue for the college.
I'm in no way saying that "this is the law"...it's not. This is just the way our University has chosen to handle student information.