[naraht]

One thing that I think may affect the situation with HBCUs/NPHCs and hazing...

I went to Carnegie-Mellon, which had 12 Fraternity Houses in the Fraternity owned quadrangle. At various times in the last 20 years, they've had from 11 to 14 recognized NIC fraternities on campus. Not long after I left, one of the Fraternities got removed from campus and its charter revoked for Hazing. It is entirely possible that that Fraternity may not come back for another 25 years or more. The fact that a Carnegie-Mellon University student would not be able to pledge that particular NIC fraternity would be viewed as largely irrelevant by the administration.

At an HBCU, OTOH, I can't see an administration doing that. At most an NPHC group will be removed from campus for 5 years in the event of non-fatal hazing and 10 for fatal hazing. This is especially true with the disconnect change over to the non-pledging intake process. Since all pledging is not done under the official auspices of the chapter, the hazing isn't either. So why pull the charter? There seems to be an unwillingness to be in a situation where a student would come to an HBCU and *not* have the opportunity to join an NPHC chapter which has ever existed there...