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Honors Admissions Criteria: How Important Are Standardized Tests?, Raymond J. Green, Sandy Kimbrough

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

In 2007 I had the rare pleasure of overseeing the transformation of our 45- year-old honors program into an honors college. The entrance requirements for our honors program had been designed to maximize the number of participants and largely boiled down to whether the student was interested in pursuing honors. However, admission to the Honors College included a scholarship and thus required more discernment in admission standards. Thus, I began to review the entrance requirements for ten honors colleges in Texas and its surrounding states of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Not surprisingly, most other universities focused on high school grade …

Academic Dishonesty And The Culture Of Assessment, Emrys Westacott

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Mention the escalation of academic dishonesty and most of us working in education are immediately inclined to whistle for our moral high horse. But too much moralistic tongue-clicking can blind us to the ways in which we who constitute the system contribute to the very malady we lament. For if academic dishonesty is like a disease—and we repeatedly hear it described as an “epidemic”—we may all be carriers, even cultivators, of the virus that causes it. Let me explain.

Speeding Is Okay And Cheating Is Cool, Alison Schell Witte

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Academic misbehavior occurs among all students—gifted students as well as the general student population. I believe that cheating, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty are supported by a pattern of rationalization similar to that which supports other common but questionable social behaviors. In the following discussion, I will compare academic dishonesty with driving in excess of the speed limit and offer some comments about the pervasiveness of similar behaviors in other aspects of our lives. I wish to make the point that all of us, faculty included, probably perform some actions that violate the highest standards of behavior. Although …

Journal Of The National Collegiate Honors Council -- Volume 9, No. 2 -- Complete Issue

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Richard James Cummings
Editor’s Introduction Ada Long

FORUM ON “HONORS AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY”
Honors, Honor Codes, and Academic Integrity: Where Do They Converge and Diverge? D. Bruce Carter
Academic Dishonesty and the Culture of Assessment Emrys Westacott
Speeding is Okay and Cheating is Cool Alison Schell Witte
Plato among the Plagiarists: The Plagiarist as Perpetrator and Victim Richard England
Authenticity in Marco Polo’s Story and in Honors Student Research: An Aside from the Early Renaissance Bill Knox

RESEARCH ESSAYS
On Training Excellent Students in China and the United States Ikuo Kitagaki and Donglin …

Is Student Participation In An Honors Program Related To Retention And Graduation Rates?, Charlie Slavin, Theodore Coladarci, Phillip A. Pratt

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Do students who participate in an honors program have higher retention and graduation rates in comparison to otherwise similar nonparticipants? This is the question we address, and we do so within the context of the Honors College at the University of Maine. We present our investigation both as a contribution to the limited research in this area and as an illustration of the practical challenges one faces in doing applied work of this sort. Regarding the latter, one must be careful when comparing the retention and graduation rates of honors and nonhonors students because of differences between these two groups …

On Training Excellent Students In China And The United States, Ikuo Kitagaki, Donglin Li

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

In many countries, the training of researchers who will be internationally competitive has become a primary objective, leading to extensive discussion of the curricula, educational content, and methods that may ensure a high level of student achievement. In this global climate, only the most excellent students have the potential to engage successfully in international competition and become leading-edge researchers in the world-wide marketplace of research. Thus, any country seeking to be internationally competitive must consider ways to further raise the level of excellent students. In this study, we investigate university programs, specifically honors programs, that take special measures for training …

Instruction Cost Report, Fall 2008, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Shows the costs associated with running the University of Northern Iowa broken down by college and department

Instruction Size Report, Fall 2008, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Gives breakdowns of student credit hours offered by status of instructor, average class size overall, and average class size by status of instructor.

A Correlational Study On Parental Attachment And Spiritual Development Of College Students, Mary-Ellen Madigan

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

During college, students search for meaning in their lives and question their beliefs, behavior, and mortality (Garber, 1996). One way that students search for meaning is through their spiritual lives. Spirituality is “the personal quest for understanding of ultimate questions about life, about meaning, and about relationship to the sacred or transcendent” (Koenig, McCullough & Larson, 2001, p. 18). Parental attachment theory explains that students who have developed a secure attachment with their parents see their parents as a secure base from which to explore their environment (Kenny & Donaldson, 1991, p. 480). This environment may be internal or external. …

Lsuhsc Facilities Biweekly Update: October 2008, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates: 2008

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates from October 8 and 24, 2008.

These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Lsuhsc Facilities Daily Update: October 2008, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Daily Updates: 2008

LSUHSC Dailly Facilities Updates from October 2008. These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss SGA week, homecoming and campus cleanup day.

Homecoming Highlight: Opening Of The Lastinger Athletics Complex, Oct. 4, Chapman University Media Relations

Chapman Press Releases 2003-2011

No abstract provided.

September 26, 2008 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate September 26, 2008 Approved Minutes

Theatre Dept. Presents Shakespeare's Taming Of The Shrew Oct. 17-25, Chapman University Media Relations

Chapman Press Releases 2003-2011

No abstract provided.

Rueben Martinez Appointed As Presidential Fellow, Chapman University Media Relations

Chapman Press Releases 2003-2011

No abstract provided.

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Faculty Senate Meeting, September 25, 2008, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of September 24, 2008 meeting.

Senate Meeting, September 24, 2008, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

2008 September 24 - Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes, Undergraduate Curriculum Council, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Special Formal Session September 24, 2015, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

As presented by Chair Miller and supported by Trustee DeNooyer/ the Board of Trustees approved the three-year contract with the WMU Chapter of the American Association of University Professors/ effective September 6, 2008.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss Nappy Roots concert, campus safety walk, retreat, buy-a-book, Western Wednesdays, appointments and legislation.

Meeting Agenda, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Agenda for September 23, 2008 meeting.

Ua25/2 25 Year Club Recognition Banquet, Wku Human Resources

WKU Administration Documents

Program for 25 year service awards banquet with list of recipients.

Summer Teaching Contracts, Robert Costomiris

Faculty Senate: Index

No abstract provided.

Four Big Chapman Events On Tuesday, Sept. 23, Chapman University Media Relations

Chapman Press Releases 2003-2011

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting to discuss honoring Phil Constans, committee assignments, enrollment, student evaluation of faculty, charter revisions, faculty handbook and elections.

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Staff Council Meeting, September 2008, Marshall University Staff Council

Staff Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding football games, Nappy Roots concert, Western Wednesdays, appointments and legislation.

Meeting Agenda, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Agenda of September 16, 2008 meeting.