March 29, 2012

The members of IAGGL have made outstanding progress this spring in establishing criteria for the objectives articulated in our charge from the Board of Trustees. We have developed proposed metrics for three of the four objectives as listed below.

As you recall, the trustees charged IAGGL with developing metrics in these four areas:

  • Fraternities and sororities must facilitate demonstrated learning opportunities for students and provide benefits to the College as a whole.
  • The academic performance of students affiliated with fraternities and sororities must be comparable to the student body as a whole.
  • The disciplinary profile of members of fraternities and sororities, as well as the individual organizations, must be comparable to the student body as a whole and other student organizations.
  • Fraternities and sororities must provide open access and engagement opportunities to all students at Lafayette (non-discriminatory in selection of members).

IAGGL has developed metrics on the first three objectives listed above and is working on the fourth.  At this point, we seek feedback from alumni, parents, students, faculty, and staff on our work thus far. I would ask that you follow the link below to the comments page of this web site as soon as you can prior to our April 13 meeting as we plan on finalizing the metrics for those objectives at that time.

Integration with Campus Learning Opportunities (Greek organizations and students where applicable):

  • Does each Greek organization plan/host five academic programs per year?
  • Do each of the five programs meet the following criteria: open to campus, have faculty involvement, not social as primary focus, directly planned by Greek organizations, approved by the director of fraternity and sorority life, have active member participation?
  • Are Greek members actively involved in a leadership role of one non-Greek organization (total cases and ratio of leaders to membership)?

Academic Performance  (Greek students to non-Greek students, separated where possible by Greek organization and also by gender):

  • GPA 3rd semester students
  • GPA 5th semester students
  • GPA 7th semester students
  • Major distribution (numbers and ratio)
  • Academic probation (total cases and ratio)
  • EXCEL Scholar (total cases and ratio)
  • Thesis participation (total cases and ratio)
  • Departmental honors participation (total cases and ratio)
  • Study abroad participation (total cases and ratio)
  • Other honor recipients/Dean’s List (total cases and ratio)
  • Co-curricular (academic major) organization membership (total cases and ratio)
  • Internship participation (total cases and ratio)

Disciplinary Profile  (Greek students to non-Greek students where possible, separated where possible by Greek organization and also by gender):

  • Conduct probation of individuals (total cases and ratio)
  • Conduct violations (total cases and ratio))
  • Individual repeated offenses (total cases and ratio)
  • Sanctions issued
  • Administrative hearing cases by group
  • Administrative panel cases by group
  • Sexual assault Public Safety Reports (total cases)
  • COMPASS compliance

These proposed metrics are designed to facilitate the evaluation of the progress of our Greek organizations toward the objectives outlined by the Board of Trustees rather than serving as an evaluation of the Greek system in its entirety. Please keep that in mind as you share your comments. Our plan is to discuss your feedback at the April 13 IAGGL meeting and consider it as we finalize the metrics for these three areas.

I also would like to invite you to attend our next IAGGL virtual town hall in mid-April. Originally this was planned for April 13 but we will now be hosting it on April 19 from noon-1 p.m.  Instructions for how you can participate will follow in the near future.

My thanks to you for your continued interest and support of IAGGL and Lafayette College.

Best,
Celestino Limas
Chair, Implementation and Assessment Group on Greek Life
Vice President for Campus Life & Senior Diversity Officer


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