How Might Privatization Connect to Your Topic

Privatization is the process of educational institutions weening away from public funding. Privatization is seeing significant growth; a notable effect being increased tuition for students. My topic concerns the history of fraternity life, and the change in perception since the mid-19th century, when most fraternities were founded. Since privatization is an emerging trend, certain demographics of people are beginning to be excluded from fraternity life, solely because they cannot take on the financial burden of both school and a fraternity. A decreasing diversity of persons can alter the perception of fraternity life as a whole. If only those who are financially stable are able to partake fraternities, they are subject to indulging themselves to many more opportunities (that their wealth permits), and may end up misrepresenting fraternities as a whole. It may be a generalization that wealthy college kids make bad decisions, but it is true that poorer students are forced to make decisions based on their finances, because they aren't able to partake in every opportunity presented to them.