The mission of the Center for Student Ethics & Standards is to promote the
developing character, conscience, citizenship, civility, and individual and
social responsibility of our students. Organized into four units, the center
provides students with programs that promote the obligations of citizenship
in the University community. The Center provides students with the tools needed
for success in a pluralistic society by providing feedback about behaviors that
both enhance and harm the academic community, as well as assistance and opportunities
in modifying such behaviors.
Programs include:
Civic & Judicial Program
Academic Integrity Program
Inter-Group Dialogue Program
Conflict Resolution Program
Civic & Judicial Programs
The mission of the civic and judicial program is to develop a deeper understanding
of the role of the individual within a community; and to resolve allegations
of misconduct under the Code of Student Conduct & University Policies.
Academic Integrity Program
The principle objective of the academic integrity program is to promote the
intellectual climate and support academic honesty.
Inter-group Dialogue Program
The purpose of the inter-group dialogue program is to enable its participants
to develop comfort with and skill for discourse on difficult topics toward the
end of fostering positive, meaningful, and sustained cross-group relationships
as it relates to campus climate.
Conflict Resolution Program
The mission of the Conflict Resolution Program is to help on-campus students
constructively address differences by providing opportunities to engage in
dialogue that promotes accountability, mutual responsibility, self-reflection,
effective listening, creative thinking, and ultimately, new understanding.
"The biggest educational challenge we face revolves around developing character,
conscience, citizenship, tolerance, civility, and individual and social responsibility
in our students. We dare not ignore this obligation in a society that sometimes
gives the impression that virtues such as these are discretionary. These should
be a part of the
standard equipment of our graduates, not options."
- National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
("Returning to Our Roots: The Student Experience." 1997).
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