Honors Program
Honors in Action (HIA) combines academic research, problem solving, and action-oriented service to address real-world challenges in our communities. Students gain job-related experience while creating lasting impacts in their communities as they engage in HIA.
Welcome to Honors in Action
The Honors in Action program is accessible, flexible, and scalable for all chapters regardless of differences like student majors, chapter size, or college size.
For many colleges, Phi Theta Kappa’s Honors in Action program also serves as the college’s honors program.
Gain Real-World Experience and Create a Lasting Impact
Use what you’re learning in the classroom to research and solve real-world challenges facing your college and community. Through Phi Theta Kappa’s exclusive honors program, Honors in Action, you’ll gain key skills that today’s employers want to see.
How Honors in Action Works
First, you’ll connect with your local chapter and other students like you to identify and research an issue on your campus or in your larger community. Then, you’ll turn that research into a plan of action by creating a project or event that meets a specific need in your area. You’ll expand your world view and be able to give back through service — a win win.
Your work could be published in Civic Scholar: Phi Theta Kappa Journal of Undergraduate Research, which is distributed nationally with support from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. It’s the first journal of its kind to feature work solely by community college students.