That plus increasing time demands, more financial pressures and a greater number of campus leadership opportunities has made fraternity membership less automatic. Fraternities must adjust if they are going to recruit the best possible members. After 20 consecutive years of membership growth, fraternity numbers are leveling or declining on many campuses. Unfortunately, Sigma Tau Gamma is feeling this decline. Our membership has been declining for the past several years across the country.
Fraternities stand at a crossroad.
Passive IFC and chapter efforts must be transformed into active, direct practices. Friendship, the principle benefit of joining a Greek organization, has not gone out of style and is still very much in demand on every campus. Interest in friendship-based groups will always exist among students. Continued dialogue develops the relationship into a friendship. Therefore, successful recruitment is based on friendship.