“Behave ethically and responsibly at all time as befits membership in a values-based community”
1. The CalGreeks Community, through the student governing councils, establishes and approves values for the entire Fraternity and Sorority community at UC Berkeley every five years. (This could be as simple as approving the 4 pillars – leadership, scholarship, friendship, service).
2. All promotional materials (for the CalGreeks community, the governing councils, and the chapters) should reflect the values of the CalGreeks Community.
3. The CalGreeks Community, through the student governing councils, creates a set of minimum standards/expectations for all Fraternities and Sororities at UC Berkeley and revises annually (i.e. a minimum GPA to be a chapter in good standing, minimum number of service hours to perform, minimum percentage of members involved, etc.).
4. Produce a set of overall learning outcomes for being a member of a fraternity or sorority at Berkeley, and use these to assess how well these are achieved.
I am a fraternity member. Or was some 30 years ago. I wonder how the values will be established. How will the term be defined and who's values will be institutionalized. Will the values be based on ethnic, social, cultural or religious norms? How will different cultural values be implemented and respected? Can the University require that groups of students hold specific values? This sounds so potentially arbitrary it is hard to imagine a fair enforcement.
ReplyDeleteRegarding minimum hours of service. Is that public service requirement going to be applied to all students? Will dorm residents, house renters, and out of state students all be required to put in public service hours? It sounds like a special, discriminatory policy against the greek system.
How will these service house be documented. Who will pay to administer the documentation, analysis, and execution of service performance?
I can not see the legal basis for requiring people who live in a particular type of housing be held to a higher standard, based on arbitrary values.
I agree that students and fraternities should be subject to existing laws and be held accountable. But how can anyone define the parameters for behavior outside our legal structure, and expect to be taken seriously?