Designing a Leadership Institute

Leadership institutes and intentional educational experiences can be some of the most impactful ways our institutions and organizations develop our students as sorority and fraternity members. Institutes provide a space for students to...

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Beyond Compliance: Leveraging the Stop Campus Hazing Act for Effective Hazing Prevention

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New to the profession? No graduate assistantship experience in...

Letter from the Editors

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Beyond Compliance: Leveraging the Stop Campus Hazing Act for Effective Hazing Prevention

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Beyond Compliance: Leveraging the Stop Campus Hazing Act for Effective Hazing Prevention

Colleges and universities are now operating amid heightened accountability...

When the Work Becomes Too Complex: A Case for a Classic 90s Remix

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Still figuring it out? Here’s what helped me

New to the profession? No graduate assistantship experience in...

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  AdvanceU is a virtual based classroom with educational programs specifically designed to enhance the alignment of the fraternity/sorority experience with the changing dynamics of...

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‘Because you Believe’ Educational Partners

Both the Association and the AFA Foundation want to ensure that all ‘Because You Believe’ educational partners are recognized for their support, be it...

Our Positions

The following are AFA board-affirmed position statements on important topics within the interfraternal community: Hazing and the Fraternity/Sorority Experience Sexual Assault and Power-based/Gender-based/Interpersonal Violence ...

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access

Position Statement: The Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors recognizes that diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) initiatives are an important facet of the forward progression of...

The Value and Benefit of the Fraternity/Sorority Experience

Position Statement: Institutions of higher education, and society more broadly, continue to reconcile their relationship with fraternities and sororities; this is occurring in concert with...
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