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From Where I Sit: Hiring

Few processes in student affairs feel as high-stakes, or...

You’ll Need More than a Wet Floor Sign

The Midwest and Southern regions of the United States...

Stop Selling Incense Sticks, Oils, or Fruits – Focus on Building Relationships and Connecting Culture

In most downtown urban areas and beach towns, you will find someone hustling to sell incense sticks, oils, or fruit; “We got the best...

Find a Growth Strategy That Fits (Part II): Marketing the Sorority Experience?

College Panhellenic communities are experiencing new challenges around enrollment and growth, some seeing numbers higher than expected or lower than experienced in decades. With...

Find a Growth Strategy That Fits: Part I

Membership growth is vital to our industry. Without growth, many communities will face difficult realities, such as diminishing chapter sizes, fewer community members, and...

Does Size Really Matter? Supporting High-Functioning Micro Chapters

There is no question that organizational growth has been, and always will be, a dominating priority for our fraternity and sorority communities. If we...

Bringing an Equity-Centered Framework to Sorority and Fraternity Campus Professionals

The sorority and fraternity life (SFL) field has dramatically changed since the renewed racial justice awakening that occurred after the brutal murder of George...

From a House to a Home: An educational approach to Fraternity and Sorority Housing

The conversation around fraternity and sorority housing has largely been focused on the management of facilities, day to day operations, and occupancy. As an...
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About Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research & Practice

The Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice (formerly Oracle:...

Changing the Fraternity/Sorority Culture

A 2022 NIC Advisor Award of Distinction recipient reflects...

Find a Growth Strategy That Fits (Part II): Marketing the Sorority Experience?

College Panhellenic communities are experiencing new challenges around enrollment...

Prioritizing Change in Fraternity and Sorority Life

Fraternities and sororities have created community and connected members...