Fraternities in News Media

Freedom Over Formal Recognition: Fraternities are Severing Ties with Colleges Across America

February 6, 2023

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University administrators have overworked and overburdened fraternity students. Now, they choose freedom over formal recognition. Read More

National Fraternities and the NIC are Failing to Prove They Care: 60 Minutes was Right (sort of)

November 29, 2021

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From their actions to stop hazing to their response to 60 Minutes, inter/national fraternities are failing to prove they care. Read More

Takeaways From My Interview with Alexandra Robbins (Including 3 Ideas to Reform Greek Life & Rehab its Image)

November 20, 2021

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An interview with Alexandra Robbins, author of 2019's "Fraternity: An Inside Look at a Year of College Boys Becoming Men." Read More

"Challenge the Process," They Said: Greek Life's Toxic Habit of Silencing & Villainizing Unauthorized Dissent

November 13, 2021

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The field of work surrounding fraternities and sororities has a toxic habit of villainizing and silencing critiques from within our organizations. Read More

Greek Life Goes All In with Marketing Research, But Does It Tell Us What We Need to Know?

September 26, 2021

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People listen to statistics, and the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) is making good on a long-standing promise to invest in more research. New studies imply fraternity Read More

Can Greek Life be More Diverse & More Inclusive if it's Less Accessible?

August 20, 2020

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There is a good chance your organization's diversity and inclusion committee is making membership in your fraternity less accessible. That's a problem. Read More

Don't Abolish Greek Life. Unleash It.

August 5, 2020

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The initiative to Abolish Greek Life has won fans among college students, administrators, and even Fraternity/Sorority professionals. But one only needs to observe history to learn Read More

Harvard Drops Policy Targeting Members of Single-Sex Groups, But Damage Already Done to Women's Clubs

July 1, 2020

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Harvard has reversed its ban on single-sex clubs, fearing courts would consider it discriminatory. Inter/national fraternity organizations say that the policy decimated the Read More

The Collegiate Freedom of Association Act: A Legislative Response to Harvard University & Deferred Recruitment Mandates

June 28, 2020

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The Collegiate Freedom of Association Act would make it more difficult for colleges and universities to separate and target sing-sex organizations. Read More

How 2 Federal Anti-Hazing Bills Would Affect Reporting & Fraternity Liability

April 30, 2020

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Two federal bills aim to address the issue of hazing. How would the END All Hazing Act and the REACH Act work if passed into law? Read More

Rebuttal: Fraternities & Gangs Have Plenty In Common

December 3, 2019

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Ibram Kendi's article for The Atlantic relating fraternities to gangs was flawed. The NIC's response served Kendi's interests better than their own. Read More

Hazing Is More Deadly When It's Prohibited

October 24, 2018

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Zero-tolerance policies and blanket prohibition of hazing will make dangerous hazing harder to detect and more severe. Read More

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