Are we open to women with children?

[KSUViolet06]

I wish I could find it, but about 2 years ago, The Triangle did an article about this subject. One of the main points was that the population of US colleges and univiersities is changing Schools are seeing more of the non-traditional students who may be a little older, have taken time off after HS, or even be married or have kids.

I don't think the point of the article was to tell us to bid EVERY 30 year old that walks through our door, but to jhelp collegians recognize that those women can be valuable members of the sorority just as much as any 18 year old traditional student can.

I think it does really depend on the campus climate. We've never had a woman with a kid come through recruitment, so there's no precedent for it. We have, however had married/engaged women come through (granted they were still traditonal student aged) and get bids.

As far as a woman with kids goes, I think my school is non-traditional, but not quite THAT non traditional. I think chapters would be hesitant to bid her because you don't know how capable she is of handling a sorority and a child. I think AlphaFrog summed up my personal opinion perfectly:

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Coming from a smaller, uncompetitive campus, I wouldn't have had a problem with bidding a woman with a child, but I also wouldn't have had a problem with terminating her membership should it become a conflict.