Book Review: New Challenges for Greek Letter Organizations: Transforming Fraternities and Sororities into Learning Communities

NASPA Journal ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Kraft Fussell
Keyword(s):  
Learning Communities ◽  
Student Services ◽  
Greek Letter ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
New Directions ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Greek Letter Organizations

The newest book in the New Directions for Student Services series from Jossey-Bass, "New Challenges for Greek Letter Organizations: Transforming Fraternities and Sororities into Learning Communities," examines issues surrounding Greek letter organizations and their educational value.

Book Review: Democratic Education in an Age of Difference: Redefining Citizenship in Higher Education

NASPA Journal ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian Kinzie
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Democratic Education ◽  
Philosophy Of Education ◽  
Cultural Pluralism ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Educational Value

The influence of John Dewey's philosophy of education - most notably, emphasizing the educational value of experience and service, situating learning in community, and promoting a faith in cultural pluralism - is evident in recent calls for institutions of higher education to strengthen to the larger community and to promote multiculturalism (Gamson, 1997).

The Membership Intake Movement of Historically Black Greek-letter Organizations

NASPA Journal ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter M. Kimbrough
Keyword(s):  
Historically Black ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Greek Letter ◽  
Intake Process ◽  
Black Greek Letter Organizations ◽  
History Of ◽  
National Leadership ◽  
Membership Intake ◽  
Black Fraternities ◽  
Greek Letter Organizations

The author reviews the history of pledging and the recent movements for reform of this practice among historically Black fraternities and sororities. He describes the membership intake process that has been adopted and its resultant problems, and suggests that the national leadership should emphasize the founding ideals of the organizations as a means of overcoming resistance to change.

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