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Kappa Delta Pi
Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society in Education (ΚΔΠ or KDP) is an American honor society for education. It was formed in 1911 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as one of the first discipline-specific honor societies.
Kappa Delta Pi grew out of the Illinois Education Club, founded by Dr. William Bagley at the University of Illinois in 1909. In May 1909, the club affiliated with Pi Kappa Mu, with plans on becoming a chapter. However, when Pi Kappa Mu began plans to merge with Phi Delta Kappa (PDK International), the Illinois Education Club withdrew its merger application as this meant that it would have to give up its coeducational status.
Instead, Bagley and the club's members formed the first chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, a coeducational national honorary educational fraternity. Kappa Delta Pi was formed as an educational fraternity that would provide a fellowship for education students and promote excellence in education. Alpha chapter was installed at the University of Illinois on March 8, 1911. The fraternity was incorporated with the State of Illinois on June 8, 1911.
A second chapter, Beta, was established at the University of Colorado in 1912. This was followed by Gamma chapter at the University of Oklahoma in 1915 and Delta at the University of Texas in 1916.
Its Laureate chapter was established in February 1924 to honor people who had made outstanding contributions to the development of professional education, similar to the National Academy of Science of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Dewey was inducted as the first member of the society's Laureate chapter.
By 1930, Kappa Delta Pi had chartered 62 chapters. In 1932, it changed from being a "fraternity" to a "society". The society's publication, The Educational Forum, was first published in 1936.
By 1963, the society had initiated 177,782 members and had 294 active chapters, 12 inactive chapters, and 16 alumni chapters. Kappa Delta Pi was a member of the Association of College Honor Societies from 1974 to 2008.
As of 2025, Kappa Delta Pi has more than 20,000 active members and more than one million initiates.
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Kappa Delta Pi
Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society in Education (ΚΔΠ or KDP) is an American honor society for education. It was formed in 1911 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as one of the first discipline-specific honor societies.
Kappa Delta Pi grew out of the Illinois Education Club, founded by Dr. William Bagley at the University of Illinois in 1909. In May 1909, the club affiliated with Pi Kappa Mu, with plans on becoming a chapter. However, when Pi Kappa Mu began plans to merge with Phi Delta Kappa (PDK International), the Illinois Education Club withdrew its merger application as this meant that it would have to give up its coeducational status.
Instead, Bagley and the club's members formed the first chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, a coeducational national honorary educational fraternity. Kappa Delta Pi was formed as an educational fraternity that would provide a fellowship for education students and promote excellence in education. Alpha chapter was installed at the University of Illinois on March 8, 1911. The fraternity was incorporated with the State of Illinois on June 8, 1911.
A second chapter, Beta, was established at the University of Colorado in 1912. This was followed by Gamma chapter at the University of Oklahoma in 1915 and Delta at the University of Texas in 1916.
Its Laureate chapter was established in February 1924 to honor people who had made outstanding contributions to the development of professional education, similar to the National Academy of Science of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Dewey was inducted as the first member of the society's Laureate chapter.
By 1930, Kappa Delta Pi had chartered 62 chapters. In 1932, it changed from being a "fraternity" to a "society". The society's publication, The Educational Forum, was first published in 1936.
By 1963, the society had initiated 177,782 members and had 294 active chapters, 12 inactive chapters, and 16 alumni chapters. Kappa Delta Pi was a member of the Association of College Honor Societies from 1974 to 2008.
As of 2025, Kappa Delta Pi has more than 20,000 active members and more than one million initiates.
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