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HOW TO JUDGE THE CREDIBILITY OF AN HONOR SOCIETYThe Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) has asked its member societies, including Pi Gamma Mu, to help educate the public on how to judge the credibility of honor societies and provides the following information on their website, achshonor.org: At any given time, a handful of organizations call themselves honor societies while operating more like profit-making ventures. In ACHS's opinion, these societies offer little or no benefit in advancing student scholarship and leadership, and membership in them does not indicate that a student has attained "superior scholastic achievement" as defined by both the Association of College Honor Societies and the United States Office of Personnel Management. Membership in ACHS guarantees that a society meets strict criteria designed to ensure student growth and tangible, lifelong benefits to belonging. Certification for membership is provided by the ACHS credentialing body only to organizations that complete a qualifying petition for membership. ACHS strongly encourages all students and their parents to carefully examine invitations to join a society that is not certified by ACHS. The ACHS and Pi Gamma Mu recommend that you do not commit to a financial obligation until you have verified that membership in any non-certified group is, in fact, an honor. If an honor society has not been certified as meeting the high standards of the Association of College Honor Societies, examine the following criteria:
Certified member societies of the Association of College Honor Societies can be found at http://achshonor.org/quick_link.asp |
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