Maybe they have some sort of administrative or liability issue. Not sure.
For example, maybe some schools have to do processing before someone can submit themselves as a candidate for a sorority or fraternity. well if the "intake group" is hundreds then the candidate list would probably number well above that. it might be cumbersome for the school to handle.
Or maybe it's a liab issue. Maybe they have had problems when certain types of groups get too large ... any groups - maybe they'd have the same kind of cap for other orgs too - they just haven't been tested i guess. maybe they don't want that many of their students going through whatever process the sorority or fraternity has at that time. maybe they call themselves monitoring or something and they can only monitor so many. not sure but it might be some legitimate admin or liabl issue that doesn't really concern itself with just being in the business of the org. it might go for any org, it's just that no others probably test it out.
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Originally Posted by Senusret I
Bumping.... this issue came up in conversation today and I wanted to put my two cents in the appropriate place.
I am against line caps. I have YET to hear of a good reason why a school would institute one. I feel that it interferes with an organization's right to determine its own membership.
Since when can/should non-members have a hand in determining the membership of a private organization in an arbitrary manner?
Higher GPAs for all Greeks? Sure.
Sophomore standing or greater? Sure.
Other requirements might also be acceptable -- maybe a student could lose the right to pledge if they had ever been placed on disciplinary suspension or probation.
But I fundamentally disagree with forcing a chapter to only take 40-60-75 if their interest is in the hundreds.
If someone that supports university-imposed line caps could help me understand this, I'd love it.
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