[naraht]

I was just thinking how *different* various Greek Letter Organizations (in the widest sense) are in terms of what Permission is required *at* a school (not necessarily *by*) before they would put a new chapter there. (Assume that there are 25 students at the school who want to be part of *that* group.)

From what I've read in various places.

NPC: School decides on expansion, *that* sorority is selected to be the one to expand, etc. etc.
NIC: *Really* depends on the school, I've seen some where the current NIC groups have to vote to accept another member to the local IFC (NIC, national-non NIC or local), some where a school administrator gets to decide (and in some cases student government gets to put its two cents in)
NPHC: Haven't seen any effect of 4 of the Fraternities in NPHC being in NIC, but on HBCUs, do the other members of the NPHC *ever* get consulted? (i.e. does the Sigma Gamma Rho chapter ever get input as to whether Kappa Alpha Psi comes on campus???)
Local Groups: Varies...
Professionals: Varies *widely*
Service Greeks: Often "Club" type permission from school, but sometimes different.
Honoraries: Some require that the Department of the Honorary's emphasis (if it has one)*must* approve.