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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are universities that don’t have honor codes? My kids are at different private k-12 and they have honor codes that address cheating, plagiarism etc. not something I’m concerned about so I never researched honor codes at universities just assumed they all had a codified honor system. Honor council by peers is understandably tricky but if not peers then it would be faculty, administrators and student representatives I think.[/quote]

All schools have requirements for "academic integrity," which is to say it's not OK to cheat on tests or plagiarize, etc.

Some schools have honor codes under which students take unproctored exams, or even (in the case of Haverford) self-scheduled exams.

Do your kids have take-home exams? Self-scheduled exams? Do their teachers run essays through plagiarism checkers?

The down side of some schools' honor codes is that the honor council can play favorites or unfavorites, so the kid everyone knows is a plagiarist keeps getting off with a slap on the wrist, and the quiet nerd without a bunch of friends on the council gets sent home. [/quote]

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