IFC Academic Roundtable

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IFC Academic Roundtable

• Fall 2006

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S.W.O.T. Analysis

• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats

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Strengths

• Scholarship programs
• Study Tables
• Fines/chapter points
• Multiple times, more total sessions
• Multiple advisors
• Extra points if attendance isnt necessary
• Tiered system
• Networking with upperclassmen with similar
  classes
• Filing system
• requiring minimum initiation GPA

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Weaknesses

• Study tables
• Distracting to study in a group
• Monitor smaller group sizes
• Separate members
• Lack of motivation
• Incentives
• Fines
• Look out for your own brothers, pressure them
• Difficult majors
• Study groups for specific classes
• Inform members of campus resources
• Points for meeting with instructors
• Mid-semester grade reports for new members and
  actives on probation

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Opportunities

• Improve study tables
• Recruit better students
• Update file systems
• Recognize members that are performing well
• Consistently beat all-campus/mens GPA
• Scholarship opportunities

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Threats

• Distractions
• Partying
• Football
• Grand Prix
• 21 year olds can leave chapter house
• Out of house members less control monitoring
  their grades
• Senioritis
• Grades go up social, athletics go down
• Better time management
• Guest speakers

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Specific Ideas (What we can do)

• Make grades a priority in new members
• Dedicate more time to academics than other
  activities
• Quiet hours
• Enforce policies
• Recruitment standards

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Specific Ideas (What we can do)

• Grade reports
• Chapter points
• Academic mentor/buddy
• Quiet hours
• Eliminating weekday social functions for chapter,
  or member-specific
• Study tables (tiered system)
• Guest speakers (more on this next PC)
• Limit new member events to one per week
• Minimum officer GPAs

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Specific Ideas (What we can do)

• Voting privileges
• House cleaning exemptions/penalties
• Upgrade/add new library or study area
• Record course info, professor info, create class
  files for younger members
• Post schedules on doors
• Fines/penalties
• Expulsion for continual poor performance
• INCENTIVES (more on this in a moment)

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Team Grade Competition

• Split chapter into 3 or 4 teams
• Have a member of each team act as captain
• Captain monitors members of his team and reports
  back to academic chairman
• Rewards for the winning team
• Funded by academic budget, alumni, or competing
  chapter members

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INCENTIVES

• Money/gift card for test scores, study table
  attendance
• Automatically earned or by raffle
• Recognition
• Academic banquet/dinner
• Certificate
• Posting of Deans List, Semester Honors in a
  common area
• Major scholarship program
• Reward top members, or all who reach a certain
  GPA
• Yearly or semesterly
• Reward most improved members
• Include new members or create separate category