I just realized that there is indeed a term that I am looking for. It is called "General Fraternities." This is the term used in the Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. It includes NPC, NPHC, IFC, and any organization with those same criteria that i mentioned before.
I haven't seen a copy of Baird's recently because it is out of print so the term wasn't as fresh in my mind as it should have been.
I apologize for any previous misunderstandings and I will say "General Fraternity or Sorority" from now on when I mean IFC, NPC, and NPHC collectively, along with similar organizations without an umbrella.
Also for your information, the categories of organizations in Baird's are General, Professional (Music, Business, etc.), Recognition (APO, GSS), and Honor Societies. "Social" and "Service" are not used.
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Originally posted by 12dn94dst
Actually, that's not what I'm offended by. I'm recalling your comments and the comments of other APOs in the "Dual Membership" thread and considered the part of your reply that I quoted a reference to that. Forgive me if it wasn't.
Social is not palatable because that's not what we are. In all honesty, we're a blend of all types of GLOs: service, social, professional, and academic because of the circumstances surrounding our foundings. By the way, what connotation does "service" have? For that matter, what connotation does "social" have? And how accurate are we in continuing to classify organizations in this manner?
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