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Poster Name:
Greeke

Poster Message:
The reason they gave for eliminating the upperclassman quota was to try and help all groups (especially the newer, smaller ones) achieve quota. I do not think this will work like they want it to. I believe that while it COULD help smaller groups achieve quota (which could be momentary...as we all know that retention is the key issue), it will not help them in the longrun because to have a solid, stable chapter, you need an even, equal cross-section of all ages. And if a group is unable to successfully recruit a good number of freshmen, then they are left with lots of 2 & 3 year members...and very little chance of long-term leadership. It is interesting that MSU is eliminating this quota for that reason (which is helping smaller groups), because, ironically, that is the exact reason most campuses give for instituting the upperclassman quota in the first place. Across the nation, campus leadership was finding that one of the reasons small, struggling chapters were continuing to struggle was that they were getting upperclassmen instead of freshmen...which resulted in little-to-no 4 year members, thus a lack of strong, continuous leadership. I hope I'm wrong...but I see this move by the school to ultimately be a bad one for upperclassmen and result in lower numbers of upperclassmen participating in formal recruitment and higher numbers of those who do participate dropping out before bid day.