[6] However, this request was rejected on the basis that women could not hold dual membership in two NPC organizations (as Shaw Martin would if the education sororities were accepted).
By the 1940s, however, many teacher's colleges had begun to add liberal arts programs, and vice versa, which led to difficulties in functioning separately as they had had in the past.
After the merger, AES alumnae were also allowed to join City Panhellenic Associations, an action that went into effect on June 1, 1948.
[5][11] Former AES members continued previous functions in terms of finances and programs but were encouraged to have larger memberships for the next fall rush.
The Association implemented programs and financial structures keeping its members, young teaching students, in mind.
The individual sororities developed a scale of fees concerning their own members' limited incomes, as well as participating in activities such as "student loan funds, establishment of hospital beds, local social service projects... [and] the endowment of a rural school library".
One of the projects started by the AES member groups resulted in what is today the world-renowned Leader Dogs for the Blind School in Rochester, Michigan.