Delta Epsilon Tau Honor Society- Are you a member?

Is anyone out there a member of the official Honor Society for DETC graduates? For those who may not know, the name of the organization is Delta Epsilon Tau. I hope and plan to join when I graduate. What do you get when you join (certificate, membership card, etc.)? Tell me something. Spill the beans!hone:

 

Only ones worthwhile are recognized by the ACHS. Lots of made up ones out there.

Association of College Honor Societies - ACHS

 

I'd say Delta Epsilon Tau is legitimate. It was founded by the DETC and I think entirely serves students at DETC schools. It's understandable that it wouldn't affiliate with the ACHS.

 

It's true that there are a lot of questionable honor societies out there.
So ACHS membership is something worth considering.

On the other hand, some of the oldest, best-known, and most prestigious honor societies in the US are not ACHS members.
Examples:

Phi Beta Kappa, est. 1776, liberal arts
Tau Beta Pi, est. 1885, engineering
Sigma Xi, est. 1886, scientific research

Presumably some societies are so old and so well known in their fields that they don't need ACHS for credibility.

They have no choice; Delta Epsilon Tau is automatically ineligible for ACHS membership.
The ACHS Bylaws, Section 7(D) only allow honor societies to serve regionally accredited schools:

So Delta Epsilon Tau has a good reason for not being in ACHS.
It may well be the best honor society option for a DETC graduate, given that ACHS societies don't serve DETC schools.

 

Get a life you academic snobs and morons

:tongue1:Let's get this straight, I go to a DETC accredited university. I could have chosen a regionally-accredited college, but chose not to because of the cheaper price and greater flexibility of a DETC accredited college. I am also a member of an honor society at a regionally accredited college where I received a lower-level degree. My college credits are made up of regional credits, national (DETC) credits, and several passed CLEP, and other ACE/NCCRS-approved credits. I can hack it in all of the academic forums that are out there.

I did not ask you morons to judge the validity of the Delta Epsilon Tau honor society, nor did I ask for your negative comments. I asked if anyone was a member, etc. I find all of this ridiculous academic snobbery to be hysterical. This is what you people seem to think about or obsess over day in and day out:

Is my school regionally or nationally accredited
Is my school a tier 1,2,3, or 4 institution
Is this school brick and mortar, strictly online or both
Does this school have programmatic/specialized accreditation
Is my honor society recognized by the academic god's of honor societies
Blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada, etc......

I realize that there are occasions when these questions must be addressed for specific employment reasons, or purely for the sake of vanity, etc. Most of the time the major and only thing a person needs to be concerned with is that your degree is from a school that is accredited by an accreditor that is recognized by the US Department of Education and CHEA. I am proud to hopefully be joining the DETC honor society in the near future. I don't care if it is a member of the ACHS or whatever. Good grief, get a life. I am glad that I am not some idiot that does not understand academia, or I would let you people make me feel like my degree and pending honor society membership in unimportant and non-relevant.

You people sound like the car crowd that sits around comparing numbers. I have a Mercedes C250, oh but I have a Mercedes E350, etc. Who cares, it's a friggin car. I'll ride in a horse and buggy if it will get me where I need to go (I do like the Mercedes E350 though).

 

Perhaps the conversation is not about you.

Perhaps they're not talking about you.

Perhaps the conversation moved away from you and on to the nature of the honor society.

Considering no one was dissing you, it might be nice if you didn't call them all "morons." If you didn't want it talked about, not bringing it up would have been a sound tactic.

 

I'm kind of stunned. ann, I think you just flamed

• one person who knows a little about college honor societies, but didn't previousy think about exceptions to a general rule that legitimate ones in the U.S. are members of the ACHS

• two people who were trying to defend Delta Epsilon Tau and other legitimate honor societies that aren't in the ACHS

• probably, the board as a whole

Two of these three people were trying to be your friends on this issue! The other one could have been if you'd let the discussion continue. I don't know where all this is coming from.

 

Although I'm not a ΔΕΤ member, the following info is posted by Ashworth College, which has a ΔΕΤ chapter:

There is a picture of a ΔΕΤ key here.

The only negative comment in this thread (apart from yours) was the suggestion, in Post #2, that ΔΕΤ might not "be worthwhile" because it is not an ACHS member. It's true that the post stimulated off-topic discussion -- by those who rejected that negative comment, and who sought to defend the reputation of ΔΕΤ. Would it have been better to simply let the negative comment stand?

 

Honor societies are not just about it being an honor to be part of it. They're also good networking communities. That would be true regardless of whether or not it is recognized by some other agency, or whether or not it focuses on graduates of DETC schools.

Congratulations on your membership and your upcoming graduation.

 

Wow Ann hulked up...LOL. The only reason I mentioned the ACHS is because the government only recognizes ACHS societies. They also recognize the very few super prestigious ones. I joined Epsilon Pi Tau because it's ACHS and could be useful later on. I got invited to others but none were ACHS so it seemed silly since I'm in the government sector. If none of this is a factor to you join any honor society you want.

 

Now here this!!! Ok I am sorry for using the "academic snobs and morons" comments. That was a bit strong. It just felt like several people were attacking me, the question, and the honor society as irrelevant and unworthy. I guess I got a little sensitive. Please accept my humble apology.

 

Sounds good to me.

 

Thanks, ann. Forgotten.

I think the backstory is this: There exist illegitimate honor societies. These are money-making businesses along the lines of vanity Who's Who directories, vanity writing contests or, hey, diploma mills.

This is the point curtisc was getting at, and members of the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) are all legitimate. However, they aren't the only legitimate ones. CalDog and I were only invoking Delta Epislon Tau's connection to the DETC to show how despite not being part of the ACHS, it could be legitimate. I introduced the fact that Delta Epislon Tau was founded by the DETC only to show that Delta Epsilon Tau's origin is legitimate.

 

Interesting topic
Got to learn a bit more about all these american standards (no clue about out it works since I studied in Europe - Italy)
I want to be in the Delta Epsilon Tau Honor Society too now!

 

I'm a member and proud of it. I joined to show support for DETC and the history behind it.

 

Great job. Should look really good on a resume/portfolio.

 

Thanks Abner. Your post is much appreciated.

 

Delta Epsilon Tau (DET) Honor Society.

FYI,
ACHS maintains a Chapter of the Delta Epsilon Tau (DET) Honor Society.

https://achs.edu/delta-epsilon-tau-honor-society