Dean Obeidallah: College campuses are trying to attract more men. Men want these institutions. This is not wishful thinking on the part of fraternities

Dean Obeidallah: As a father of two young girls, I worry that the education system that he will soon enter is no longer positioned to help him succeed academically or in the real world.

College campuses, once home exclusively or primarily to men, now contend with dwindling numbers of male students, he says.

He says colleges are now marketing activities and interests they deem “masculine” to entice prospective male students to consider their schools.

Obeydallah: Fraternities are special because men foster lifelong bonds that begin at one of the most pivotal points in young adulthood.

Michael Mayer is the President of the Fraternity Executives Association and CEO of Theta Chi Fraternity .

Mayer: Universities just need to give them what they want and, in so many cases, need. Schools who proudly promote fraternity on campus and the benefits derived from it can attract the young men they need..