Assessment Project
List of Information the NIC desires from the Institution
We respectfully request the following information from the campus if collected. If by chance the university does not collect the information, simply indicate as much.
Outcome: Developing Positive Interpersonal Relationships
Data requested:
- Does the Greek Affairs office require fraternal organizations to file intake/new member/associate/pledge programs with its office?
- Does the institution have a maximum intake/new member/associate/pledge-period length? If yes, how long?
- Does the institution have a policy on “little sisters” or similar auxiliary groups? If yes, please attach policy.
- Number of fraternity/sorority-related judicial hearings of undergraduate chapters by year over last three years.
- Percentage campus run, percentage student run.
- Number of chapters found responsible for violating policies (of the undergraduate councils and/or institution policies?
- Percentage of chapters with an active chapter advisor (attends 50% of chapter or executive board meetings)?
- Percentage of chapters with an active faculty advisor (attends one chapter meeting/semester and meets with the scholarship chair)?
- How often does the Greek Affairs office communicate with chapter advisors?
- What are the institution’s standards for being recognized as a Registered Student Organization?
- Are the standards different for fraternities and sororities? Please attach
Outcome: Advancing Leadership Development
Data requested:
- Number/percentage of sophomore chapter presidents at the beginning of fall term.
- What year in school/class designation are the undergraduate councils’ presidents at fall term?
- Number/percentage of fraternity/sorority members involved in extra curricular activities outside of fraternal involvement (identified by organization and gender)
- What are the institution’s fraternity/sorority leadership development programs? Which are offered for credit?
- What type of leadership development programs are offered that are inclusive of all umbrella group members?
- Number of chapters receiving awards from inter/national organization in the last year.
- Number of councils that won awards at undergraduate regional leadership conferences (NGLA, MGCA, SEIFC, SEPC, WRGC).
- What is the overall program to recognize fraternities and sororities (either by the undergraduate councils and/or institution) and how much is spent annually to do so?
Outcome: Strengthening Social IQ, Citizenship, and/or Service Learning
Data requested:
- Number/percentage of chapters that were awarded philanthropy awards by inter/national and/or campus (inter/national umbrellas to provide)
- Number/percentage of chapters that were awarded service learning awards by inter/national and/or campus (inter/national umbrellas to provide)
- Number of community service hours performed by fraternity and sorority members
- Number of community service hours performed by non-affiliated students
- Dollars raised for charity by fraternity and sorority members
- Dollars raised for charity by non-affiliated students
Outcome: Assessing Graduation Rates of Members/Advancing Academic Interest
Data requested:
- Graduation rate of fraternity/sorority members when compared to all campus graduation rate over three years (by umbrella organization)
- Undergraduate GPA
- Undergraduate men
- Undergraduate women
- Total undergraduate GPA
Fraternity/Sorority GPA
- Fraternity GPA
- Sorority GPA
- Total fraternity/sorority GPA
Retention Rates
- Campus one-year retention rate
- Campus four-year retention rate
- Fraternity/Sorority one-year retention rate
- Fraternity/Sorority four-year retention rate
- What is the minimum GPA to join an IFC fraternity, NPC sorority, NPHC fraternity or sorority, NALFO fraternity or sorority, other fraternity or sorority, and who sets/enforces this?
Outcome: Effective Campus Interface To and Support of the Fraternity/Sorority Community
Data requested:
- Number/percentage of fraternity/sorority members who took part in alcohol/hazing/sexual assault education in the past year.
- Does your campus have a “Good Samaritan program” or similar for students who take someone to the ER and/or call emergency professionals?
- What is the institution’s policy on expansion?
- What are the undergraduate councils’ policies on expansion?
- What is the institution’s policy on open recruitment?
- Does the campus provide institutional support for chapter financial management (ie billing through campus and encumbering students if bills are not paid)?
- Provide copies of undergraduate councils’ constitutions, bylaws
- Describe how the institution communicates with the chapters’ inter/national organizations
- General communication
- To what extent is campus in partnership with inter/national umbrella organizations and member organizations before decisions are made regarding chapter initiatives?
- Is annual report of fraternity/sorority performance by chapter sent to inter/national organization?
- Is there a policy to alert inter/national in risk management violations by chapter? What triggers notification?
- Does the fraternity/sorority advisor provide all relevant information on chapter to inter/national organization upon request?
Staffing
- Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff working with fraternities and sororities
- Number of graduate students working with fraternities and sororities
- Number of undergraduate interns/work study students working with fraternities and sororities
- What is the total staffing for the Greek Affairs office?
- What is the ratio of staff to student members?
Budget
- What is the programming budget for the Greek Affairs office?
- What is the ratio of budget to number of student members?
General Information
- Undergraduate enrollment
- Males
- Females
- Total
- Percentage campus students of color
Fraternity and Sorority Community Enrollment
- Number of IFC fraternity members
- Number of NPC sorority members
- Number of NPHC fraternity and sorority members
- Number of NALFO fraternity and sorority members
- Number of other fraternity and sorority members
- Total number of fraternity and sorority members
- Percentage of the undergraduate students who are members of fraternities and sororities
- If your campus participates in the CORE alcohol annual survey, please submit the executive summary.
- If your campus participates in AlcoholEdu or similar, are students required to go through program? If so, which students?
- Relationship/Recognition Statements: has the institution and/or Greek Affairs office developed any relationship/recognition statements for fraternities or sororities? If so, please include.
- Minimum Standards: has the institution and/or Greek Affairs office developed any minimum standards for fraternities or sororities? If so, please include.
- Learning Outcomes: has the institution and/or Greek Affairs office developed any learning outcomes for fraternities or sororities? If so, please include.
Interviews
The assessment would not be complete without the opportunity to engage in a series of interviews with key campus shareholders. It is important to understand that these interviews are designed for information collection and understanding.
If possible during each of the on campus visits, interviews should be arranged with the following individuals or groups.
President
Vice President of Student Affairs/Dean of Students
Blue Ribbon Campus Committee
Greek Professional(s)
Faculty Members
Faculty Advisors
Chapter Advisors
Housing Corporation Officers
Undergraduate Umbrella Organization Leadership
Chapter Presidents
New Members/New Initiates of the Greek Community
Independent/Non-Greek Students
Student Government Association Representatives
Director of Alumni Programs
Director of Annual Giving/Development
Public Safety Officials (campus and/or city)
Director of Housing/Residential Life and Related Staff
Director of Health Center
Members of the Vice President’s Cabinet if appropriate
Other People Identified as Necessary by Campus
Housing facility tours of selected/representative chapters if appropriate
Exit Interview with Key Campus Contact
*Interview conducted with entire on campus team
*Interview may be conducted concurrently with another interview
