Chartering a Chapter

To be eligible for consideration for a chapter of Alpha Chi, an institution must offer, at a minimum, the baccalaureate degree, and must be a member in good standing of one of the regional accrediting associations. Currently, only petitions from not-for-profit institutions are being considered. By chartering a chapter of Alpha Chi, you’ll join hundreds of institutions of higher learning across the country in offering your students access to one of the nation’s most prestigious, student-centered honored societies.

Considering an Alpha Chi Chapter for Your Campus?

Keeping your best and brightest students challenged and engaged—both in the classroom and in the wider scholarly community—is the greatest challenge facing faculty mentors and honors directors. We can help. Alpha Chi is more than just another honors organization. We are distinctive in the value we offer your students, faculty, and campus communities. Here are just a few things our chapter advisors say they most appreciate about Alpha Chi.

• Alpha Chi gives your most gifted students a place to thrive. An Alpha Chi chapter helps to fuel a robust intellectual life both inside and outside the classroom, offering high-achieving students opportunities to engage with a community of peers on campus and across the country.
• Invigorates your campus’ intellectual life. Our chapters celebrate and cultivate the life of the scholar. Chapters often sponsor lectures, forums, debates, workshops, and publication opportunities, events that cultivate the scholarly community and benefit both members and non-members alike.
• Offers leadership and service opportunities. Alpha Chi offers resume-building opportunities as leaders of campus chapters and national governance. Project planning, public speaking, organizational development, and effective fundraising are all valuable skills fostered in healthy chapters.
• Fosters collaboration among your best and brightest. Alpha Chi breaks down departments and institutional divisions. Multidisciplinary in membership, Alpha Chi facilitates interaction and friendships among your most high-achieving students.
• Offers a rich source for scholarships and financial awards. Alpha Chi offers many grants, scholarships, fellowships, awards, and travel stipends to support undergraduate and graduate scholarship. Provides excellent incentives for top-performing students, especially at institutions without robust endowments.

Additional Reading

• Alpha Chi Chapters—Effective for Good (overview of the chapter petition process)
• Alpha Chi Informational Brochure
• Alpha Chi Viewbook