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There is now only one 'class' of members in Tau Beta Pi, the former
classifications of Member with Distinction, Honorary Member, and Associate
Member having been discontinued. Election to membership in the Association
is accomplished only by vote of a collegiate chapter, and members'
chapter designations are always those of the chapters which elected
them. Members' class numerals are those of the years in which they
received the engineering degrees on which their eligibility was based,
although members with no engineering degree are designated by the
year in which they were initiated. Candidates eligible for consideration
for election to membership by a collegiate chapter fall into five
general categories: Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Alumni
of the chapter's institution who were eligible as students, Alumni
of other institutions who were eligible as students,and Eminent Engineers
of high attainment in the profession, regardless of college attended,
scholastic record, or educational background. |
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Undergraduate students whose scholarship places them in the top
eighth of their class in their next-to-last year or in the top fifth
of their class in their last college year are eligible for membership
consideration. These scholastically eligible students are further
considered on the basis of personal integrity, breadth of interest
both inside and outside engineering, adaptability, and unselfish activity.
Prior to the fall of 1941, Tau Beta Pi's scholastic requirements were
that eligible candidates stand in the top eighth of the junior class,
but in the top quarter of the senior class. The classes graduating
in 1942 were thus the first to be considered under the higher requirements.
Some chapters set a scholastic-grade deadline below which candidates
are not considered, such deadline being higher than that required
as a minimum by the Constitution. Elections and initiations are normally
held twice a year, in the fall and winter or spring terms of the chapter's
institution. Student electees who are financially unable to meet the
initiation-fee obligation may make delayed payment arrangements with
their chapters, may borrow from the Association's loan fund, or may
accept election but postpone initiation for up to five years. Until
1969 membership in Tau Beta Pi was limited to men, although qualified
women were offered an award called the Women's Badge. From its authorization
in 1936 until its elimination by the admission of women to membership,
619 Women's Badges were awarded by 98 chapters. Those women have now
been offered membership by their chapters. |
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Engineering graduate students whose scholarship places them in
the top fifth of their graduate class or whose high-quality work is
attested to by a faculty member may be elected to membership. Engineering
alumni of a chapter's institution or of another recognized institution
whose scholastic record placed them in the top fifth of their class
may be elected to membership. Such candidates are usually recommended
to the chapter by a member who knows them. In all cases the requisite
scholastic attainment makes candidates eligible for membership consideration.
They are further considered on the basis of the Association's exemplary
character requirement. |
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Persons who have achieved eminence
in engineering may be elected to membership without regard to collegiate
records. If they graduated from a recognized engineering college, they must
have been engaged in engineering for at least 10 years; if not, they must
have practiced engineering for at least 15 years. Such candidates are usually
recommended by members who know them. The required degree of eminent achievement
is left to the chapters' discretion; and candidates are further considered
on the basis of exemplary character.
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