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VioletPretty makes good points - academics is not the only thing you should be looking for. I'm a huge fan of the principles from I Heart Recruitment and PhiredUp Productions in general. The idea of Values-based selection criteria means looking at ALL chapter values; so a woman with average grades may be excellent in every other way. She needs to meet a certain number of those standards to be a member.
If I were in your shoes, my challenge to the current membership would be to ask why they aren't holding themselves to a higher standard now, because there is nothing wrong with holding potential members to a higher standard (one that is attainable, of course) when recruiting 24/7/365.
All else said, drastic change such as this will take time. If your formal recruitment is 3 weeks away, I don't think you're going to see much success implementing new criteria for this round. Maybe continue the conversation, ask your members to test it for a semester (or quarter) and maybe next year they'll be more interested in trying it out.
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