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The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) is a voluntary association of national collegiate and post-graduate honor societies.It was established on December 30, 1925 by six organizations, including Alpha Omega Alpha, the Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi.
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) is an American academic honor society for college students. It was established in 1994 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. NSCS has active chapters at nearly 300 colleges and universities in the United States. It is a Association of College Honor Societies member.
"Honor Societies", illustration from the 1909 Tyee (yearbook of the University of Washington). In the United States, an honor society is an organization that recognizes individuals who rank above a set standard in various domains such as academics, leadership, and other personal achievements, not all of which are based on ranking systems.
Its first chapter was chartered at St. Joseph Junior College in Missouri, in 1926. On November 19, 1929, Phi Theta Kappa petitioned the American Association of Junior Colleges (now the American Association of Community Colleges) to be recognized as an official national honor society for junior colleges, alongside Phi Rho Pi and others. While ...
The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) is an association of undergraduate honors programs, colleges, directors, deans, faculty, staff, and students. The organization has its national headquarters at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It was formed in 1966 in response to the dissolving of a previous honors association.
This category contains honor societies that belong to the Association of College Honor Societies. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Founded in 1921, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) is a non-profit association of more than 1,250 member institutions: colleges and universities of all types (independent and public, four-year and two-year, and general and specialized) plus public college and university foundation boards.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) [a] is the oldest academic honor society in the United States. [2] [3] It was founded at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, in December 1776. [4]