Whois & Analysis for honorsociety.org

An organization or organisation is an entity comprising multiple people, such as an institution or an association, that has a collective goal and is linked to an external environment.

Academy is a type of secondary or tertiary education institutions.

Etymology.

The word comes from the Academy in ancient Greece, which derives from the Athenian hero, Akademos.

Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning.

The sacred space, dedicated to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, had formerly been an olive grove, hence the expression "the groves of Academe.".

In the social sciences, a social group has been defined as two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity.

Other theorists disagree however, and are wary of definitions which stress the importance of interdependence or objective similarity.

Instead, researchers within the social identity tradition generally define it as "a group is defined in terms of those who identify themselves as members of the group".

Regardless, social groups come in a myriad of sizes and varieties.

For example, a society can be viewed as a large social group.

In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers.

Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances.

The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America.

Chiefly, the term refers to scholastic honor societies, those that recognize students who excel academically or as leaders among their peers, often within a specific academic discipline.

Social status is the position or rank of a person or group, within the society.

Status can be determined in two ways.

One can earn their social status by their own achievements, which is known as achieved status.

Alternatively, one can be placed in the stratification system by their inherited position, which is called ascribed status.