Historical Background and Related State-of-the-Art Concepts As the proposed capstone project is somewhat unique in nature, the historical background and state of the art concepts behind this topic are atypical in nature. As such, the review of related literature will consist of answers to the following questions. What is the history and significance of honor societies? What does it mean to be an adult student and what are the challenges of being an adult or non-traditional student? What are the benefits of belong to a group (such as an honor society)? What is the history of Alpha Sigma Lambda, and how does this organization fit into this capstone activity? In the United States, like in many other countries with valued higher education institutions, an honor Society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among cohorts. There are a number of these honor societies that recognize various fields, achievements and …show more content…
According to the Hopkins et al (2016), being a member of an honor society is a long held tradition for recognition of student academic success. Honor societies have numerous benefits that include not only a level of prestige, but opportunities for continuing education, and networking for professional career advancement. The growth of online learning and education has changed the classroom to a virtual environment where a student’s learning achievement may go unrecognized since many honor societies tend to focus on traditional in class students. Honor society members are willing to help others students as they recognize the difficulties as students as financially and other social, psychological support as they need. Therefore, honor societies became very popular among universities, collages and higher education