Duke's 9 Sororities Get Chapter Housing for First Time Since 1911

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Originally Posted by Blue Violets

The University apparently now claims that they are legally required to provide sorority housing because of Title IX (they provide fraternity housing and the fraternities have always been chapter housed at Duke). I find this laughable - in the 80s, 90s, and early 00s, several sororities attempted to get chapter housing, and were told that it wasn't available/an option because of spacing constraints. Now they have no choice?

My question if this is true, that by Title IX, they must provide housing, how come other universities aren't required to provided individual houses for sororities?

My experience is strictly with ASU, but the fraternities have had houses for as long as I can remember and the sororities were housed in a dorm. Now some of the fraternities still have houses and some live in a Greek dorm. The sororities are still housed in a Greek dorm.

Honestly, it seems only fair. If the university is providing/allowing housing for the fraternities it is only fair and appropriate for them to provide/allow housing for the sororities.

[33girl]

It's not true. Title IX has nothing to do with facilities. If it did, my school district (and many many many others) would not have a football stadium that looks like a college one. I doubt that a similar structure is provided for women's volleyball, basketball, or any other women's sport.

Do Duke students commonly move off campus as upperclassmen? Because honestly, this sounds like nothing more than an attempt by the university to get rid of off campus, un-policeable unofficial Greek housing. The women will be forced to live in the housing whether they want to or not - thereby killing any off campus facilities. That's the way it comes across to me, of course I could be all wet.