Projecting The Honor System To Students
The issues at this juncture in time focus around projecting the
Honor System to the students. To accomplish this goal we see the
need to increase the personal contact between Honor Committee
members, Honor Advisers, and the general student body as well
as to expand sources regarding specific information about the
Honor System. In particular, we propose:
1) to expand the number and role of Honor Advisers so that
two members of each school will be included, with a
proportionately larger number of the College and Engineering
School. Emphasis will be placed on obtaining a geographic
distribution to insure availability to inhabitants of all major
housing complexes.
2) to schedule discussions biannually for airing of opinions
and delivery of information. These will be held in major housing
complexes, all dorms, and fraternities and will be aimed at all
faculty and students - graduate, transfer, upper-class and
first-year.
3) to revise the plagiarism booklet - in order to give students a
clearly delineated idea of what constitutes plagiarism. The aura of
fear created in many peoples' minds because of recent plagiarism
trials can be eliminated by providing a better written explanation
in addition to individual faculty explanations and discussions
with students.
4) to change the notation on a dismissed student's transcript
so as not to overly-stigmatize a person who commits and Honor
violation.
