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Originally Posted by jazing
Now that you bring this up, I know some fraternities have names for them, like Phi Delt has Phikeia. I only know of that one cause they are on the same campus as I'm on. I'm sure others have a similar trend as well. Some go a step further (ZBT, Sig Ep, Lambda Chi) and don't even call them pledges at all, but new members. I don't know if they know ritual stuff cause it's not my business though.
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ZBT and Sig Ep (balanced man chapters) don't actually have a "New Member" period anymore.
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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
I served on a committee and found that the research done by other NPCs about terminations says that the summer after initiation (if a girl is a freshman NM, the summer before soph year) is the average termination time (meaning that most of those who terminate, do so at that point.)
It makes sense, as you are no longer a NM, you have been initiated long enough to see that being an initiated member is vastly different from being worshipped as a NM, so you quit.
So, if you want to improve retention, you don't start with the NM period. It's all about that critical sophomore year and ensuring a good transition from NM to initiated member. I think Total Member Ed does a good job of that. The sophomore sequence activities are designed to do just that. NPC groups who implement Total Member Ed type programs experienced a large increase in 4 year retention.
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Well, I think it's both. You need to do the NM period right, but then you need to keep women involved. It's like, there's a big gap between the NM period and the "I'm in the pledge class that is actually running sh*t" period. I think that's what you're talking about. What is a woman's role in the chapter at that point? Maybe a smaller office/chairmanship, but that alone won't do it.
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