The students who have been inducted into membership in Pinnacle represent every slice of American non-traditional higher education. Working parents, single parents, retirees returning to higher education, mid-life adults starting second careers, disabled students, international students, even an occasional child prodigy.
While Pinnacle sets minimal standards for selecting students to be honored, Pinnacle permits each chartered institution to define "non-traditional" according to its local definition. This approach yields a vast array of truly non-traditional students who are honored each year all across the country. Each student selected for recognition through membership in Pinnacle will receive a lapel pin, a diploma seal, and a "suitable for framing" membership certificate.
Students selected for membership can either become part of a locally organized chapter or simply be named to the National Chapter. The locally created and registered/recognized student organizations take every imaginable form. Some are honorary societies in the strictest sense of the word, existing solely to honor their members. Others meet campus social needs, leadership needs, even activism needs on some campuses. The point is...these outstanding students use Pinnacle to meet their greatest needs.