NIC fraternities and their founding

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Little Dragon

I actually found AGR in a list of professional fraternities and sororities not conforming to Title IX. In that same list was Sigma Phi Delta, which is a member of both NIC and PFA.

Looking at the PFA can be a little misleading, in that membership eligibility is fairly broad -- member fraternities "shall be identified by, or related to a field of study or common interest." (Per the PFA website.) The PFA includes professional fraternities, service fraternities (like APO) and honor fraternities (like Kappa Kappa Psi).

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I assume AGR considers itself a social-professional fraternity:

http://www.alphagammarho.org/prospective-members

Perhaps the same applies to Sigma Phi Delta based on the "social-professional fraternity" references on its national and chapter websites.

AGR does refer to itself that way, as perhaps do a few other GLOs. If they're being classified, they'd be best classified in the manner they describe themselves ("social-professional') or as social, non-general (or special interest) fraternities. They shouldn't be identified simply as "professional."