Academic Requirements
Academic Requirements
Policy
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Document Number: GREEK--103 Revision #: 2.0
Document Owner: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Date Last Updated:01/28/2021
Primary Author: Director of Residence Life and Greek Affairs
Date Originally Created: 11/10/2011
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General Description
Description: Policy on academic requirements for Greek organizations
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Policy Provisions
1. Academic Requirements
An active member of a Greek fraternity/sorority at Cumberland will be an undergraduate who has met the minimum academic requirements for the respective fraternity/sorority of a 2.5 GPA, who is not on any type of probation within the fraternity/sorority, and who maintains full-time status as a University student by taking at least twelve (12) credit hours per semester (excluding May or Summer terms).
Note: Some fraternities/sororities may have higher grade point requirements for pledging and membership that those previously stated. In these instances, the individual fraternity/sorority’s requirement supersedes the Cumberland requirement. Cumberland’s requirement is an absolute minimum grade point average for membership in any Greek organization on Cumberland’s campus. Cumberland honors the fact that each fraternity/sorority has the right to raise this requirement as each fraternity/sorority sees fit.
No fraternity or sorority is allowed to practice standards that do not meet the above-stated guidelines for Greek organizations at Cumberland University. The Director of Greek Affairs must approve, in writing, any deviation from the above GPA requirements, and such approval must also be reviewed by the Dean of Students.
In addition to these requirements, the following minimum standards are expected of each fraternity or sorority to promote academic responsibility within the Cumberland Greek Community:
●Each fraternity/sorority is expected to annually develop and submit a copy of its scholarship program, if any, to the Director of Greek Affairs in the first two weeks of each semester.
●Each fraternity/sorority is expected to ensure that recruitment, new member education, chapter meetings, and membership activities do not compromise the academic performance of prospective new members, new members or initiated members,
●No fraternity/sorority will sponsor, permit, or condone activities, either by the chapter or its members, which disturb classes, student sessions (individual or group), an individual’s room or other places where a student should be able to focus on academic work with the expectation of silence.
●Each fraternity/sorority will maintain an environment in which members can study on nights before class days.
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Subject Experts
The following may be consulted for additional information.
Director of Residence Life and Greek Affairs