Honors education ignites passion for lifelong learning and encourages student creativity, collaboration, and leadership in the classroom and beyond.

It is characterized by in-class and extracurricular activities that are measurably broader, deeper, or more complex than comparable learning experiences typically found at institutions of higher education. Honors curriculum serves as a laboratory for inventive and experiential education that can be implemented in the traditional classroom. Honors experiences include a distinctive learner-directed environment and philosophy, provide opportunities that are appropriately tailored to fit the institution’s culture and mission, and frequently occur within a close community of students and faculty.

All North Carolina Honors Colleges and Programs are welcome to join NCHA.
NCHA dues are $40.00 per year per institution. Current dues-paying member institutions can register for the conference at a reduced rate for all faculty and students attending. Note:  dues are separate from conference registration.

NCHA now offers PayPal!

Many Honors Programs and Colleges have asked for the convenience of paying dues by credit card. Dues paid via PayPal are $40.00 plus an additional $2.00 fee to cover processing costs, for a total of $42. You may pay your $42.00 directly to NCHA via PayPal here. Please be sure to note the name of the member institution you are paying dues for in the comments of your payment in PayPal so our records are accurate and your institution is credited. 

NCHA still allows dues to be paid via check. Dues paid by check remain $40.00.

Please send your check (payable to NCHA) to:

NCHA
c/o Kate Bruce, Treasurer
PO Box 537
Kure Beach, NC 28449

Contact Dr. Kate Bruce (bruce@uncw.edu) at UNCW for more details about joining or paying annual dues.