NPC chapters at HBCU schools

[DSTRen13]

We could call those H(ypothetically)BCUs O(nce)PWIs, maybe? We wouldn't want any misled white kids going there by mistake, after all, so they need some sort of racial label

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

We could call those H(ypothetically)BCUs O(nce)PWIs, maybe? We wouldn't want any misled white kids going there by mistake, after all, so they need some sort of racial label

True. Don't forget funding for HBCUs.

The racial makeup of a campus will be interpreted as an HBCU even if the history isn't indicative of that. The parts of the website that I read weren't too detailed regarding the history and makeup, I mostly went based on the GLOs.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

The racial makeup of a campus will be interpreted as an HBCU even if the history isn't indicative of that. The parts of the website that I read weren't too detailed regarding the history and makeup, I mostly went based on the GLOs.

Well if you go by that...my alma mater currently has 3 NPHC fraternities and 3 NIC fraternities, but the racial makeup there certainly isn't 50% white men/50% black men.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Well if you go by that...my alma mater currently has 3 NPHC fraternities and 3 NIC fraternities, but the racial makeup there certainly isn't 50% white men/50% black men.

Well, the only GLOs that I saw were BGLOs and organizations geared toward minorities, so I didn't know why that would be the case given the population size.

But now that I have looked at their site again I see other organizations, including this http://adminservices.clayton.edu/cam.../greeknews.htm

[DSTRen13]

In my observation:
If you have a school that is becoming a more traditional campus versus a commuter school, or just converted from a 2-year, or whatever the situation may be that opens it up to Greek life, you often have the D9 groups coming on first versus NPC/IFC. There's more desire to bring particular BGLOs onto campus within the student body than for any particular other group, so it often takes more time to develop those interest groups.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

so it often takes more time to develop those interest groups.

In my experience it takes less time.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

In my experience it takes less time.

Less time to form the group, yes. (I should have mentioned I wasn't necessarily talking about official interest groups ...) But certainly more time to form the interest - you've got many more students coming onto campus who already know they want to pursue [insert BGLO of choice here] than students who have a particular other GLO in mind. So there's not as strong of a drive to get an NPC/IFC as an NPHC on a newly developing Greek campus.