My school is a residential university (everybody has to live on campus), so the Greeks and any other student groups that want to live in university-owned houses. The houses come on three-year contracts. To qualify for a house, a group has to have:
- Enough members to keep the house at 90% occupancy;
- A leadership structure and system for change of power;
- At least four generations of successful power changes;
- A recruitment plan;
- Faculty and/or alumni support;
- Campus/community involvement;
- Philanthropy;
- Risk Management Program.
Currently all the groups that want houses have them. The sororities don't have to have house moms because the houses are university-owned. As long as they behave themselves, it's all good. There's also the Greek GPA ranking, which comes out every term. Generally at this school, groups will get in trouble with the university (for grades or whatever) before they'll get in trouble with their HQ. The system is new, but it seems to be working pretty well, because the groups rush like crazy to keep their houses full.
