The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) is the professional association of undergraduate honors programs and colleges; honors directors and deans; and honors faculty, staff, and students. NCHC promotes an enhanced undergraduate honors education through curriculum development, teaching innovation, national and international study opportunities, internships, experiential- and service-learning models, and mentored research. The goal of honors education is to cultivate student creativity, self-confidence, leadership, and academic excellence along with a life-long passion for learning.  Established in 1966 as a resource network, today NCHC is the leading honors organization in higher education. The 1200 NCHC members represent honors programs and colleges in private and public, two- and four-year institutions, including  international universities.

The primary source of revenue for NCHC is membership dues. Your dues support student scholarships, the national office, and other expenses associated with maintaining a national organization.

The National Collegiate Honors Council dues cycle is January 1 - December 31.

2009/2010 Membership Benefits

All NCHC members receive:

• NCHC’s monthly E-letter
• All NCHC mailings
• Voting privileges in NCHC Elections
• Access to NCHC publications at member cost
• Opportunity to network with other honors professionals through the NCHC Members Only discussion forum.

In addition, all institutional, professional, and affiliate members of NCHC receive:

• One complimentary copy of each publication published during your membership year.
• Complimentary mailing labels or lists of members.
• Heightened visibility for your institution via a website link to your Honors program.
• Conference registration member discount

All Student members receive:

• An NCHC t-shirt

  

• The current year Honors In Practice

2009/2010 Membership Types

NCHC membership types are as follows:

Institutional membership is open to institutions of higher learning as well as to other private
and public organizations supportive of honors education. In the instance of an institution with
physically separate campus locations, each campus location shall pay institutional member
dues if it has its own budgetary responsibility, curricular authority, or admits students to the
honors program or honors college on its campus. Each institutional member shall designate a representative who may cast the vote of the institutional member.

Professional membership is open to college and university faculty members,
administrators, and professional staff and to others engaged in professions related to
education.

Student membership is open to college and university honors students.

Affiliate membership is open to professional educators retired from their educational
positions and to former honors students no longer affiliated with a college or
university honors program or honors college.

Sustaining Institutional Membership, Sustaining Professional Membership, Sustaining
Affiliate Membership, Lifetime Professional Membership.

• Institutional & Professional—$600
• Institutional - $500
• Professional - $100
• Student - $35
• Affiliate - $50
• Non-Institutional Professional $350

*Sustaining Institutional, Professional, Affiliate and Lifetime Professional Memberships are also available.  Please contact the NCHC office for sustaining membership details.  Details about membership types are available on the NCHC website http://www.nchchonors.org.

Lapsed Membership: Reinstatement to NCHC membership must be initiated by the former member. Once NCHC receives the request and appropriate dues, the member's file will be reactivated.