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Originally posted by sugar and spice
Part of me thinks that this is one of the major reasons why requirements to join the NPHC are so much stricter than the NPC (as well as the fact that there are more chapters of each NPHC sorority or fraternity), and I'm wondering if maybe the NPC should adopt policies more similar to the NPHC's. For example, I think you need something like 50 chapters before you can join the NPHC, as opposed to the NPC's 13. A sorority that has only 15 chapters but is forced to play by NPC rules in regards to expansion is NOT going to thrive. The same sorority, if it expands on its own until it has 50 chapters and THEN petitions for NPC membership, is going to have an easier time of things.
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But the difference with NPHC is that they are much more accepting of much smaller collegiate chapters or instead have regional chapters. My campus has 3 NPHC chapters, 2 which re-chartered recently and one that's always been around and combined i don't think they have more than 15-20 members but I am sure their nationals are ok with this because NPHC really believes in quality over quantity. NPC on the other had would never expand with a sorority where the average chapter size is less than 20.
Also I agree with some of PhiRhoSister's points. Interest groups are often not allowed to affiliate with a national because the current chapters are not at total or whatever. If an interest group is forming there is a part of the student population that feels there isn't a place for them in the school's current greek system. Let them affiliate and give them the heads up that they will probably not make total and see if they're are ok with that. Some organizations may be ok with a 30 person chapter on a campus where total is 60 because its not just about numbers. And people may disagree with this but what about campus with nationals and locals. Often, if not usually, the locals are smaller but the members are ok with this because the local organization fits their needs.