[Erik P Conard]

your interesting reply is certainly welcome, and we have, indeed,
moved away from the elite fifteen member chapters to some huge
ones in the south, to some less than huge elsewhere.
We might have to move away from the campus setting due to the
skyrocketing real estate costs.
And legislatures are now considering cuttin' loose many of the state U's in favor of private enterprise, amother situation worth watching and it might spell disaster for some.
The new groups, multi-cultural, co-ed, traditionally non-collegiate,
ethnic, semi-social...often operating without a house or even a
permanent meeting place...they bring to us a totally different perspective...how much fraternalism or brotherhood is up for each
of us to decide.
The opening of the doors to virtually anyone who can fog a mirror is interesting in that it has taken away a lot of the prestige of the
degree. Having conferred several thousand Associate degrees to
many who would not, likely, pass an old-time English proficiency exam, I scratch my pate...at times...wondering if it is worth the investment. I know my MA and PhD's were poor returns...if that
is why I pursued 'em.
Would certainly bear watching and change...it is a-comin.' What
other predictions, opinions, out there?