What’s the backup plan for recruitment in August?

[DZ_Turtle86]

Thinking waaaay ahead to 2021, and not knowing what the campus environment will be in a year, you could have a situation of sophomores who have never seen in-person recruitment, juniors who only know it from the PNM side, and seniors (the ones who have stuck around) who experienced it once but two year earlier. That's a lot of inexperience!

I'm afraid of junior and senior retention this year.

[ForrestGrump]

Originally Posted by DZ_Turtle86

Thinking waaaay ahead to 2021, and not knowing what the campus environment will be in a year, you could have a situation of sophomores who have never seen in-person recruitment, juniors who only know it from the PNM side, and seniors (the ones who have stuck around) who experienced it once but two year earlier. That's a lot of inexperience!

I'm afraid of junior and senior retention this year.

I suspect that most, if not all, NPC organizations are factoring in both decreases in actives returning to campus as well as decreases in new members, when planning budgets for the next fiscal year. Better to make general reductions now, and then recalculate after recruitment.

[NYCMS]

Originally Posted by ForrestGrump

I suspect that most, if not all, NPC organizations are factoring in both decreases in actives returning to campus as well as decreases in new members, when planning budgets for the next fiscal year. Better to make general reductions now, and then recalculate after recruitment.

Agree. And also factor in that on many campuses - such as Ole Miss - sororities have either just done massive house renovations (DDD and DG there) or are in the process of building new houses (KD and Kappa there). Not sure numbers will drop much at a Greek-intensive school like Ole Miss, but nevertheless chapters there and likely elsewhere have shelled out a lot of money recently.

And I do know that at many schools, Ole Miss included, the numbers of students have dropped in recent years, something that will increase due to parents' financial changes. Many people who lost jobs were at the mid to upper end of incomes as well and are hard hit too, particularly a problem for state schools that rely on out-of-state students for higher tuition. This impacts Mississippi schools heavily and I think Alabama as well since both states poorly fund their schools.

[BlueBayou]

Originally Posted by DZ_Turtle86

I'm afraid of junior and senior retention this year.

I know my daughter's chapter, at a non-traditional greek school with 4 sororities and no houses, has slashed their dues. I think she said they were going to be less than $200 for the fall. Like $40 a month. Hopefully that will help with retention.