ACUHO-I News Blog » Greek http://blog.acuho-i.org News by and for college and university housing professionals Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Fraternities: The Good http://blog.acuho-i.org/2009/12/fraternities-the-good/ http://blog.acuho-i.org/2009/12/fraternities-the-good/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:55:59 +0000 Emily Glenn http://blog.acuho-i.org/?p=1788 thumbs_upWe hear a lot about the bad things going on at fraternities; the popular image of these organizations is not very good, at least as far as college and university administrators are concerned. What are fraternities doing right? Do the goods outweigh the bads? Does your status as a member or non-member of a fraternity or sorority color your opinion?

]]> http://blog.acuho-i.org/2009/12/fraternities-the-good/feed/ 0 Read All About It http://blog.acuho-i.org/2009/02/read-all-about-it-feb16/ http://blog.acuho-i.org/2009/02/read-all-about-it-feb16/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:15:01 +0000 James Baumann http://blog.acuho-i.org/?p=216 newsA selection of college housing and student affairs headlines from InsideHigherEd.com. Look for these on a weekly basis in the ACUHO-I news blog.

THE FINAL STIMULUS BILL: As details emerge, funds for science, students and states are plentiful; less so for college facilities and private institutions:
http://www.insidehighered.com/index.php/news/2009/02/13/stimulus

A NATIONAL (BUT NOT FEDERAL) STUDENT DATABASE: Grant from Gates Foundation aims to transform nonprofit clearinghouse into mechanism to track high school students through college — and, perhaps, eventually beyond:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/13/data

‘THE COMPANY HE KEEPS’: Author of new book on the history of fraternities discusses their positive, not so positive and unexpected histories:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/13/syrett

EARLY DECISION AND THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN: Because of maturity level, some high school students may be at even more of a disadvantage than their peers when it comes to making an early commitment to a college, study finds:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/12/early

ARE COLLEGE ATHLETES PSYCHING THEMSELVES OUT? Study suggests perceived threat of confirming negative stereotypes may cause some — but not all — of academic achievement gap between athletes and non-athletes:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/02/11/stereotype

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