fraternity or sorority history you'd like to know

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by TSteven

The whole development of the campus system (i.e. early relationships between GLOs and the colleges). I have always speculated that it has been NPC driven and it would be interesting to see if that is the case.

You might be correct there. I've always viewed it like this: they are OUR members, but they are THEIR students.

Most of the time if an NPC group loses recognition (because of probation/breaking rules, etc.) from the host institution, the sorority HQ follows suit (if they haven't already acted before). Not so always with the men's groups.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

You might be correct there. I've always viewed it like this: they are OUR members, but they are THEIR students.

Most of the time if an NPC group loses recognition (because of probation/breaking rules, etc.) from the host institution, the sorority HQ follows suit (if they haven't already acted before). Not so always with the men's groups.

I feel it might go further than the host institution and HQ recognition and perhaps has more to do with membership selection and colonization. Generally speaking, the NIC has always advocated a more wide open year round recruitment. And an unrestricted colonization meaning that if an NIC organization wanted to colonize, they should be allowed to do so. The bottom line being little to no rules by the NIC and as a result, perhaps more power to each campus IFC.

Now as I understand it, while there is some leeway for each campus, the NPC has certain rules that cover such things as the type of recruitment, how to set quota during recruitment, the size of chapters (i.e. campus total), how a campus goes about selecting new chapters to colonize, etc. These things are more structured in nature then NIC rush and/or colonization. As such, my speculation is that most campuses' Greek Life Advisors and/or Departments have been tailored more around the NPC rules. Perhaps simply because they do exist. And these "rules" are now being applied to the campus IFC since there are few to no NIC rules governing the IFC. As a result, we are now seeing more IFC rushes (recruitment) being conducted similar to the NPC recruitment. And while it may go against NIC Standards, many campuses now require their IFC to approve an NIC organization before it is allowed to colonize. Again, these policies (rules) are more inline with the NPC than the NIC.

This is why I feel that the development of the campus wide Greek system, in its current manifestation, has been influenced more by the NPC than the NIC. And I would venture to guess perhaps more than the NPHC as well.