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  Princeton University Undergraduate Honor System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
A letter explaining the honor system is sent by the chair of the Honor Committee to each newly admitted student, who then signifies by signing the honor system statement that he or she understands and will abide by the conditions under which the honor system is conducted.
Thus, under the honor system students have a twofold obligation: individually, they must not violate the code, and as a community, they are responsible to see that suspected violations are reported.
Violations of the honor system are the concern of the Undergraduate Honor Committee.
www.princeton.edu /~honor/introduction.htm   (577 words)

  
 Honor System I & A Procedures
Honor Pledge violation cases requiring a hearing panel during the summer and the inter-sessions may be tabled by the Director until the beginning of the subsequent fall or spring semester.
The Honor System Director and Associate Director prepare an annual report of the previous year’s Honor System activities at the beginning of fall semester and present it to the Provost, Faculty Senate, Student Senate, Graduate Student Council and Graduate Council.
The Honor Council may recommend that the Provost remove the Director of the Honor System on the grounds of malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in office by two-thirds vote of the membership selected and qualified.
www.k-state.org /honor/honorsystem/investadjudpro.htm   (1335 words)

  
 Honor System
Beginning in the fall 1999 semester, Kansas State University initiated an Honor System based on personal integrity, which is presumed to be a sufficient assurance that, in academic matters, one's work is performed honestly and without unauthorized assistance.
The policies and procedures of the Honor System apply to all full and part-time students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate courses on-campus, off-campus, as well as on-line.
A component vital to the Honor System is the inclusion of the Honor Pledge, which applies to all assignments, examinations, and other course work undertaken by students.
www.k-state.edu /honor   (177 words)

  
 Stevens Honor System
Tolerance is a violation of the Honor System; a student who is aware that the academic integrity of the Institute is being compromised and neglects to report this is guilty of an Honor System infraction.
The Honor Board is responsible for presenting the philosophy and functions of the Honor System to the student body and faculty in a language that is readable and understandable.
It is the duty of the Honor Board to interpret the constitution of the Honor System and to define violations of the Honor System.
www.biztech.stevens-tech.edu /ggalante/honorsystem.asp   (1073 words)

  
 The Honor System: Student Handbook | Vanderbilt University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The system also applies to any act that is fraudulent or intended to mislead the instructor, including falsifying records of attendance for class, for events for which attendance is required or for which class credit is given, or for internships or other work service.
Students are on their honor not to ask for or give information pertaining to any portion of an examination before or after they have taken it, in such a way as to gain or give an advantage over other students.
It should be a point of honor among the various classes to hold their members to the standard of the University, and all students should be ready to report to the Honor Council anyone who may violate this trust, immediately and without discrimination.
www.vanderbilt.edu /student_handbook/Honor_System.htm   (10306 words)

  
 The GPS Honor System
The honor system expects an individual to think beyond herself and to realize that any infraction threatens the privileges of the rest of the student body and undermines the trust upon which the system is built.
Honor probation, longer suspension periods, and expulsion from the school may be recommended by the Council in the case of repeated offenses or of especially severe offenses.
The honor system seeks to preserve the privileges for which students have proved themselves responsible and to encourage a student to develop as an individual by assuming responsibility for her own actions.
staff.gps.edu /honor/honorsystem.htm   (1062 words)

  
 The Honor System Charter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
An academic honor system secures freedoms, conveniences, and privileges, which would not otherwise be available to students, creating an atmosphere in which they can learn without constant surveillance.
The chief function of the Honor Council is to administer the Lawrence University Honor System.
Changes may be initiated by the Honor Council, the faculty in a regular faculty meeting, or by a petition of ten percent of the students.
www.lawrence.edu /dept/student_acad/honor_council/charter.shtml   (2031 words)

  
 Virginia Tech Graduate Honor System
The Graduate Honor Code establishes a standard of academic integrity.
The code demands a firm adherence to a set of values and is founded on the concept of honesty with respect to the intellectual efforts of oneself and others.
Compliance with the Graduate Honor Code requires that all graduate students exercise honesty and ethical behavior in all their academic pursuits here at Virginia Tech, whether these undertakings pertain to study, course work, research, extension, or teaching.
ghs.grads.vt.edu   (76 words)

  
 Honor System Consitution
The Virginia Tech Honor Code embodies a spirit of mutual trust and intellectual honesty that is central to the very nature of the university, and represents the highest possible expression of shared values among the members of the university community.
Honor System personnel appointed by the Review Board may be removed for cause by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Review Board members present and voting.
Proposed amendments to the constitution of the Honor System shall be submitted to the Honor System Review Board, which, with the approval of two-thirds of the Board, shall forward the proposed amendments for approval to the Commission on Undergraduate Studies and Policies, University Council, and the Board of Visitors.
www.honorsystem.vt.edu /constitution.html   (3778 words)

  
 The Honor Code
Because a gentlemen's code of honor characterized early life and conduct at the College, the exact date by which a formal honor system had developed is unknown, although it certainly had emerged by 1779, the year often claimed for the honor system's official establishment, when the College was reorganized under Thomas Jefferson's leadership.
The honor system is based upon the premise that a person's honor is his or her most cherished attribute.
Honor Code hearings shall be closed to the public, unless the accused asserts his or her right to an open hearing.
www.wm.edu /so/honor-council/honorcode.htm   (6120 words)

  
 The Honor System at Davidson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The essence of the system is set forth in the Honor Code, with the Code of Responsibility broadening those tenets to encompass all aspects of life within the College.
By forming a basis for campus life, the Honor System engenders an atmosphere of openness and mutual trust that is all too rare in higher education today.
An elaborate system of rules strictly enforced might promote a surface conformity to the standards of behavior desired, but would not effectively serve to develop the maturity of character that is the aim of the College.
www.davidson.edu /administrative/admission/whydav/honor.html   (674 words)

  
 Honor system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The honor system is a philosophical way of running a variety of endeavors based on trust and honor.
In such a system one could thus ride the train without paying, and simply hope to be lucky enough to avoid a random ticket check during the trip.
Though unethical, such behavior is impossible for an honor system by itself to prevent, although the behavior can be reduced by enforcing penalties for those who choose to cheat the system.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honor_system   (567 words)

  
 World of Warcraft Europe -> Info -> Basics -> Honor System FAQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Honor points are earned in a very similar manner to the honor rewarded in the current honor system.
All of the same rewards are available in the new honor system, costing both honor points and marks of honor from the appropriate battleground.
The battleground reputations will carry over to the new system, and still be visible and increase through participation in the various battlegrounds, but the current rewards are now only available through the new honor system.
www.wow-europe.com /en/info/basics/honor/honor-system-faq.html   (1616 words)

  
 Discipline by Design
To qualify for Honor Level One, a student must not be assigned to detention or sent to Time-out at all in the last 14 calendar days.
A system of fairness exists whereby each student will feel that he or she is treated the same as any other.
Your system may assign a student to after school detention two or three times in a row if the frequency of his or her infractions is about once every three or four days.
www.honorlevel.com /HLS_INTRO.HTML   (1051 words)

  
 Bluffton University - Honor System
The student is on her/his honor not to give or receive aid during testing periods and is asked to write and sign the following pledge on every examination paper: “I am unaware of any aid having been given or received during this examination.” All factors are to be considered before signing the pledge.
The Honor System as a system (where one must sign the pledge and report infractions) applies to taking exams and writing research papers.
It is understood that the spirit of the academic Honor System should pervade all areas of campus life.
www.bluffton.edu /studentlife/handbook/honor   (233 words)

  
 Honor system virus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honor system viruses or signature viruses are not actual computer viruses but Internet jokes that are passed around voluntarily.
An honor system virus claims to be an email virus, but using human rather than computer action as the substrate for its destructive and reproductive behaviours.
The honor system virus is also known as the Amish Computer Virus, manual virus, the Irish Computer Virus, and the Unix Computer Virus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honor_system_virus   (637 words)

  
 The Honor System
Honor is the moral cornerstone of Washington and Lee University.
The centrality of honor at Washington and Lee is contained in its Honor System, a legacy of Robert E. Lee.
The sole penalty for an Honor System violation is dismissal from the University.
www2.wlu.edu /web/page/normal/84.html   (543 words)

  
 VCU HONOR SYSTEM
The Honor Council shall be composed of one representative and two juror pool members elected from each class within the individual schools, with the exception of the School of Basic Sciences, which shall have one representative and one juror pool member from each of the departments within the School of Basic Sciences.
After the Honor System Coordinator's conference with the accused or a joint conference, if one is requested, the Honor System Coordinator shall decide the guilt or innocence of the student or shall determine to refer the case to the Academic Campus Honor Council.
The Administrator for the Academic Campus Honor Council or the Advisor of the MCV Honor Council shall prepare a statement for the campus student newspaper(s) and VCU Voice (or its successor) regarding the offense and the punishment imposed, omitting the name of the convicted individual and all of the details of the case.
www.vcu.edu /provost/univ_policies/honor.htm   (8479 words)

  
 Undergraduate Honor System
Honor is an ideal that is evident in the lives of ethical scholars.
Primarily, the function of the Honor System is to educate and instill a common purpose within the campus' student community.
The Honor System is an educational tool to assist the process of teaching morality and ethics.
spider.georgetowncollege.edu /honorsystem.htm   (2158 words)

  
 Student Affairs | Honor System
The Honor System of the College of Charleston is intended to promote and protect an atmosphere of trust and fairness in the classroom and in the conduct of daily life.
Students at the College of Charleston are bound by honor and by their enrollment at the College to abide by the Honor and Conduct codes and to report violations.
A student who admits to a violation of the Honor Code or Code of Conduct may elect to have the violation adjudicated by the reporting faculty member(s), a disciplinary panel, a smaller body composed of students and a faculty member, or by an honor board.
www.cofc.edu /StudentAffairs/general_info/honor_system   (238 words)

  
 HONOR SYSTEM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
An honor system was instituted at Lyon at its founding in 1872.
The system is based upon the belief that Lyon College undergraduates are mature individuals, capable of acting honorably in all academic matters without faculty surveillance, and that they should be encouraged to take responsibility for their own conduct as individuals and as a community.
By signing the Lyon College Roll of Honor upon matriculation, students commit themselves to the ideals embodied in the Honor System -- integrity, responsibility, and a regard for others -- and recognize their own responsibility to assist in maintaining an environment in which only honorable conduct is considered acceptable.
www.lyon.edu /webdata/groups/academicaffairs/honorsystem.htm   (157 words)

  
 Albany Medical College: Honor System
An honor system is supported through a continuing resolution of the governing body of the College, adopted at the instigation of the student body some years ago.
A revision of the Student Honor Code, the basic element of the honor system, was approved by the student body on May 2, 1977.
Whenever a student believes that he or she has committed or observed a violation of the Honor Code, or when a faculty member believes that a violation of the Honor Code has been committed, that person is obliged to personally provide a signed written report describing the offense and naming the offending student or students.
www.amc.edu /academic/Undergraduate/HonorSystem.html   (860 words)

  
 Haverford College Honor Code
The student-run Honor System, which covers academic and social life, is based on the belief that students can take responsibility for establishing and maintaining standards for their own behavior.
Students are expected to take full responsibility under the Honor Code for their conduct and integrity in all academic work, including all homework assignments, papers, and examinations, and to confront those who do not.
The Honor Council, which consists of 16 elected students (four from each class) fosters discussion and awareness of the Honor Code, and helps to resolve questions and issues concerning the Code throughout the year.
www.haverford.edu /hcweb/hchonor.html   (301 words)

  
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The Honor System is one institution that consistently emphasizes means over goals and thereby puts the grading system in the proper perspective.
The Honor Council is an all student group, elected to administer and interpret the Honor System.
It obtains and studies information on honor systems at other schools that may be applicable to the framework of the Rice System.
www.ruf.rice.edu /~honor/bluebook/overview.htm   (1088 words)

  
 STUDENT CONDUCT - The Honor System
The existence of the Honor Code is simply a reflection of the fact that in certain types of academic exercises, where the goal is to elicit and assess the intellectual and creative work of individuals, standards of conduct are essential.
The Honor Board, to which violations of the Honor Code are referred, exists for several related reasons: to afford the protection of fair process to students alleged to have violated the Honor Code, to ensure that sanctions are commensurate with violations, and to promote uniformity in the handling of cases.
The Honor System was initiated at Wesleyan in 1893 through the efforts of a group of students who had worked to gain acceptance for their idea among the faculty and administration as well as their fellow students.
www.wesleyan.edu /acaf/policy/sc_honor_system.htm   (2015 words)

  
 WoW -> PvP -> Honor Guide
There are only a few of these, all on a two hour spawn timer, and the bonus for their defeat is divided between participating solo characters, groups and raids based on damage contribution.
Battlegrounds objectives are intended to be a substantial part of your Honor for a week.
Note that this value does not take diminishing returns against the same player into account and is therefore "estimated." You can also send this message to your main chat window by right-clicking on the channel header and turning on that option in the submenus.
www.worldofwarcraft.com /pvp/honorguide.html   (711 words)

  
 Honor System
The second reason for the existence of the Honor System is to promote the idea of honor that the students will hopefully portray to others when entering the professional world.
A student is automatically committed to the Stevens Honor System upon enrollment of undergraduate studies.
Each student is responsible to know and uphold the honor code through the guidelines established in the Honor System Constitution.
www.biztech.stevens-tech.edu /ndaniell/honorsystem.htm   (351 words)

  
 Honor Level System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The behavior management system is designed to monitor behavior and establish appropriate consequences for misbehavior as well as provide incentives and recognition for appropriate behavior.
Students are notified of any change in their honor level status and the date it will return to honor level one if no further infractions occur.
The Honor Level System students holds students accountable for their behavior in an equitable fashion, yet each student is dealt with individually.
www.south.ecasd.k12.wi.us /dept/media/honlvl.htm   (529 words)

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