“Our voices do not matter.” This is a response you might hear if you ask a student about their experience as a National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) member at a predominantly white institution (PWI)...
Colleges and universities are now operating amid heightened accountability for preventing hazing. New legal requirements, increased public scrutiny, high-profile litigation, and sustained national media attention have pushed institutions to reexamine how they address group and...
New to the profession? No graduate assistantship experience in a fraternity/sorority life (FSL) space? No higher education degree? Here are things that helped me as I approach two years in the field.
It is February 2024...
New to the profession? No graduate assistantship experience in a fraternity/sorority life (FSL) space? No higher education degree? Here are things that helped me as I approach two years in the field.
It is February 2024...
Colleges and universities are now operating amid heightened accountability for preventing hazing. New legal requirements, increased public scrutiny, high-profile litigation, and...
Colleges and universities are now operating amid heightened accountability for preventing hazing. New legal requirements, increased public scrutiny, high-profile litigation, and sustained national media...
Earlier in 2022, the Perspectives Editorial Board engaged in conversation about the purpose of the publication. In that conversation, a question emerged: what is...
Humans tend to get tunnel vision, especially when it comes to issues that matter to them. Expertise and different viewpoints are ignored, and people...
Purpose
As a quarterly magazine, Perspectives provides a forum for research, ideas, and information related to fraternities and sororities that:
is thought-provoking and innovative,
shares...
Purpose
Essentials is a monthly educational e-publication provided to AFA members to explore selected topics. Editions seek to start conversation around the way we approach our...
Published in 2020, Margaret L. Freeman’s text Women of Discriminating Taste: White Sororities and the Making of American Ladyhood is a comprehensive historical perspective...
Association History
In 1974, members from the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC), Fraternal Executives Association (FEA), and the Fraternity Advisors Association saw the need for...
