AOII Eliminates Legacy Policy

[chi-o_cat]

Originally Posted by DGTess

Much as I like the idea of dropping the legacy policy, I am much more concerned with how we get women of color and other minority persuasions to register for rush in the first place.

I think required recommendation policies are probably more of a barrier in that sense than legacy policies.

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by chi-o_cat

I think required recommendation policies are probably more of a barrier in that sense than legacy policies.

Possibly true, but an incoming student is more likely to know she has to go through rush than she is to know about recommendation policies, except maybe at the top 20 US greek-life universities.

I can't speak to a large chapter, but I know we wrote recs for women we wanted. We never let a rec be an obstacle (and this was decades ago), but we didn't even have that option if she never rushed.