Harvard College is looking to implement its first academic honor code.
At a Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting last week, the council voted to support the honor code, which would require students "to make an affirmation of integrity before taking final exams and writing final papers." The legislation will be presented to all FAS faculty on March 3.
Many are concerned about the effects of the honor code. "There was a bit of debate in terms of whether that sends a bad message, that it assumes students are cheating and that they have to write this thing," Faculty Council member and professor Stacey Combes said. Fellow Faculty Council member and professor Mark Elliot added that if such affirmation is required of every lab and paper, it might become too routine "and lose its meaning."
If passed, the legislation will go into effect in the fall of 2015.
Read the full article at The Harvard Crimson.
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