# of Single Letter Chapters Still Active?

[Senusret I]

^^^ If you haven't read In Search of Sisterhood, I highly recommend it. Although it's the story of DST, I consider it a true slice of what each of the first 8 NPHC organizations went through for expansion.

To directly answer your question though, I do believe that we had long had stringent expansion policies in place, including the "rating" of the school. I'm not sure how accreditation worked back then, but if you look at our initial chapters, they were pretty great schools on the whole, and only 7 were HBCUs.

I *think* we wouldn't expand to any school without a certain rating, and that excluded many HBCUs in the early years. However, as discussions were held about the fairness and equity of the rating system, and whether this excluded qualified men who were denied the opportunity to attend "better" schools, whether racially or economically, the system was relaxed.

But never to the point where we'd be allowed to function on unaccredited campuses. The bros from Iota Chapter mostly transferred to Morehouse and Clark-Atlanta with no questions asked.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

^^^ If you haven't read In Search of Sisterhood, I highly recommend it. Although it's the story of DST, I consider it a true slice of what each of the first 8 NPHC organizations went through for expansion.

To directly answer your question though, I do believe that we had long had stringent expansion policies in place, including the "rating" of the school. I'm not sure how accreditation worked back then, but if you look at our initial chapters, they were pretty great schools on the whole, and only 7 were HBCUs.

I *think* we wouldn't expand to any school without a certain rating, and that excluded many HBCUs in the early years. However, as discussions were held about the fairness and equity of the rating system, and whether this excluded qualified men who were denied the opportunity to attend "better" schools, whether racially or economically, the system was relaxed.

But never to the point where we'd be allowed to function on unaccredited campuses. The bros from Iota Chapter mostly transferred to Morehouse and Clark-Atlanta with no questions asked.

I don't even know how my own GLO decided/s stuff like this, but I remember expansion being one of the really interesting issues in Bound by a Mighty Vow. After reading that, I was on a little GLO history kick generally and got African American Fraternities and Sororities and something else on the NPHCs, but I haven't read them yet. Now, I'm hoping that In Search of Sisterhood is the other book I ordered.

[KEPike]

Pi Kappa Alpha - 18/24 Active (2 have closed within the last few years; 1 - Xi has been rechartered recently)

Alpha - Virginia - Active
Beta - Davidson - Active
Gamma - College of William and Mary - Active
Delta - Birmingham Southern - Closed
Epsilon - Virginia Tech - Active
Zeta - Tennessee - Active
Eta - Tulane - Closed
Theta - Rhodes (formerly Southwestern) - Active
Iota - Hampden-Sydney College - Active
Kappa - Transylvania - Active
Lambda - The Citadel (formerly VMI) - Closed
Mu - Presbyterian College - Active
Nu - Wofford College - Active
Xi - South Carolina - Active
Omicron - Richmond - Closed
Pi - Washington and Lee - Active
Rho - Cumberland - Closed
Sigma - Vanderbilt - Active
Tau - North Carolina (Chapel Hill) - Active
Upsilon - Auburn - Active
Phi - Roanoake - Active
Chi - Sewanee - Closed
Psi - North Georgia College - Active
Omega - Kentucky - Active