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Vocational focus[edit]

Was there ever an inflection point where the sorority discussed a definitive plan to remain focused on business schools? By taking the path they did, they thereby may have absorbed "abandoned" chapters that were released from sororities that joined the NPC (did they?) Alpha Iota was able to skip the painful conversion to serve four-year schools, unlike the NPC groups, which all had to abandon their two-year, finishing school or vocational branches. Each of the NPC sororities made that choice, and it is fascinating to see how Alpha Iota took the other path.

Did the sorority have a significant meeting about this, or was the discussion and resolution simply resolved as a matter of Board leadership?

We might identify and create a category for these vocational-focused women's schools. (Is there one already?) They're not just "professional fraternities", but seem to inhabit a type all their own. Theirs is "the rest of the story" when it comes to the evolution of the NPC groups to serve four-year schools. The 1930s, 40s, and 50s ushered in such massive changes to American society... Jax MN (talk) 19:22, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Or could it be that the organization simply changed as its member institutions evolved? We do know that it had the consistent leadership and vision of its founder for fifty years, which is pretty unique.

These institutions should fall under private vocational schools. One solution would be to create a new article that is a list of defunct vocational schools; there are probably more defunct schools listed in this article alone than active vocational schools remaining in the US, especially since most of these private schools were replaced by publically funded community colleges. There should be annual publications from the U.S. Department of Education publications that listed these schools. I don't know if there would be any interest from WP: Education. Rublamb (talk) 00:15, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]