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Originally Posted by LaneSig
https://observer.case.edu/the-death-...ru-fraternity/
Pi Kappa Phi will be closing at Case Western Reserve University(OH) due to low membership numbers. The above is a good article that discusses what I like to call the "death spiral" of a chapter struggling with numbers and recruitment.
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This is what happened to our chapter at CWRU. We were recolonized in the early 2000s, had a 70+ chapter size and won many awards , including our best chapter (Maxwell Award). Then around 2010 there was a huge greek expansion at CWRU. Many fraternities and a few new sororities were added. Decrease interest in Greek life started to occur. Our membership began to decrease each year, we could not recruit new members, until we had 9 members by 2019. The chapter eventually closed after covid hit. I will be honest, the chapter alumni were not happy with the quality of men recruited and gave up/distanced themselves from the chapter at the end.