Talk:Professional fraternity

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Are only 'residential' groups intended? If so, it needs to be stated, and then 'honor societies' (like the two I just added) should be deleted.

129.237.114.171 16:47, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I'd suggest using the membership of the PFA (Professional Fraternity Association) as a guide. (www.profraternity.org), but given that Alpha Phi Omega is now a member, that may not be as much help as before. I think the primary difference between Honoraries and Professionals is that Honoraries have objective joining criteria and Professionals may include subjective, but I'm not sure. Naraht 18:33, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Professional fraternity and honor society

Can anyone fine information outside of wikipedia about how to distinguish between a professional fraternity and an honor society? As far as I can find, it's totally a matter of preference in teh organization, and even then some chapters will use a name of their own designation; eg. a friend of mine refers to her "fraternity" AED, even though they cite themselves as an honor society. —ScouterSig 22:54, 2 June 2007 (UTC)