Surge Of Student Groups Creates Some Concerns For Administrators

At campuses across the nation, the number of clubs clamoring for space, funds, and student attention has ballooned during the past 10 years. Harvard now recognizes nearly 400 clubs, up from 240 a decade ago, while the number at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has doubled to 508 over that period. Dartmouth College has more than 200 groups, a 25 percent jump. Many students say the more clubs, the better, because joining gives them a chance to cultivate interests, beef up résumés, or connect socially to a smaller group on a large campus, but the proliferation has campus administrators a bit concerned. Read more at: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/27/join_the_club_colleges_see_surge_in_new_student_groups/