Can a school no longer allow rush?

[lauralaylin]

I work with a school with a small greek system, four sororities are on campus. Total is 55, and only one house was at total last spring. The other three come back to campus this fall with about 20 members. I just found out there is a meeting tomorrow where the Greek Council with the school's backing wants to not allow any greek chapter to rush this semester. School has already started, informal rush was going to start in less than two weeks, and now this is thrown at us. Since there are 3 sororities that are in great need of members, I don't see how this can be a good thing. I must admit, I don't know the situation for the fraternities.

I can't find anything in the green book about not allowing sororities to rush, but I thought that unless you are kicked off campus, that you are allowed to rush no matter what. Maybe if something bad had happened like a huge hazing or drinking incident last spring, I could understand the concern. But nothing is out of the ordinary.

This is a private school, and the chapters are all unhoused.

If anyone has any ideas or opinions about this, I'd love them.