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Study hours can be well done, or done poorly. The person who said it was bad to mess with people's study habits hit the nail on the head.... I would hope that by the time you get to college, you either know how you best study, or you know enough to seek help (and the role of the chapter's scholarship chair is to help you find that help). Too often, chapters are requiring members to come to the house and sit in the dining room for a prescribed number of hours and calling that an effective study program. Is it? I don't think so... the lighting is inadequate, the atmosphere is too distracting (let's face it, get 30+ in a room and there is more talking than studying) and sometimes does not allow for the use of computers (not enough room) or other class materials. I study best with music (vivaldi and mozart were my faves) but some people need silence. The chapters with the best grades recognize this... they reward members for studying but the hours are self-reported, and done on an honor system. Yes, members on Schol Prob need help, need to be monitered (and part of the help with time management is to restrict social privileges... sorry, but I agree with that part) but they don't need to be made to sit in the chapter suite with someone watching them study. Make it a competition, not a punishment...
And yes, I went to a commuter university. Some adjustments need to be made so that you are not making members stay on campus late in the evening or drive excessively. As an undergrad, our study hours were at the library where we had a sign in book. You didn't actually have to sit in the library to study... you had to sign the book and write down your hours (and if you weren't on campus that day, you could write down two days worth). I trusted my chapter members and privately set up programs with the members who were struggling.
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