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Committee Compares Integrity Code to Campuses Nationwide
April 29, 2008 - 12:00amAcademic integrity is an issue prevalent at campuses across the country, and over the past semester it has come under increasing scrutiny at Cornell. Leading the initiative to reexamine Cornell’s current rules against cheating is the University Assembly’s Committee to Consider Academic Integrity, which hosted an open student forum yesterday afternoon to discuss Cornell’s current honor code and ways to model it after the honor systems at the University of Virginia and the University of Colorado.
New Campus Code Gets Skorton’s Nod
April 29, 2008 - 12:00amThe Campus Code of Conduct is quickly passing the remaining hurdles on its way to final implementation. Yesterday, in a letter to Rodney Orme, employee chair of the University Assembly, President David Skorton endorsed the current version of the Code.
“I look forward to working with the Judicial Administrator to employ law students in the prosecution of violations to the Code,” Skorton wrote.
The letter — which came just five days after the U.A. re-passed the code — further thanked the Codes and Judicial Committee and the U.A. for their many hours of work in helping to revise the Code since Skorton first rejected it in February.
U.A. Approves Conduct Code After Revision
April 24, 2008 - 12:00amCorrection Appended
The new Code of Judicial Conduct may finally be on its way to becoming a permanent part of Cornell policy. In a meeting yesterday, the University Assembly re-approved the CJC by a vote of 14-2, meaning that its next stop will be President David Skorton’s desk.
The U.A. approved the code last fall, but Skorton sent it back to the drawing board with two major issues. His rejection of the Code at the time raised controversy between Skorton, the CJC committee and U.A. However, in its current state — which Andrew Cowan law, vice-chair of the CJC Committee, touts as “something that nobody really likes but that everyone can swallow” — many believe it will eventually be adopted.
Skorton and U.A. Attempt To Reconcile Differences
February 21, 2008 - 1:00amIn the aftermath of the emergency University Assembly meeting held on Feb. 13, President Skorton and the U.A. have made some progress in trying to reach a compromise over the recent revisions to the Campus Code of Conduct.
On Feb. 18, Skorton met with members of the U.A. and the Codes and Judicial Committee to go over Skorton’s recommendations for the revised Code.
“The easy differences were hammered out and taken care of to everyone’s satisfaction,” said Prof. Randy Wayne, biology, a member of the U.A. “The difficult things weren’t.”
U.A. Decries Skorton’s Response to Proposal
February 14, 2008 - 1:00amThe University Assembly yesterday held an emergency meeting to discuss actions in response to an evaluation from President David Skorton on the Campus Code of Conduct, which had been revised by the Codes and Judicial Committee. In his critique, Skorton offered several changes to the Code, some of which were met with indignation and disappointment by members of the U.A.
“I was really disappointed,” said Prof. Randy Wayne, biology, a member of the U.A. at the meeting.
U.A. Approves CJC Report on Code of Conduct
March 15, 2007 - 2:21amThe University Assembly approved a report on the proposed changes to the Campus Code of Conduct by the Codes and Judicial Committee at an open meeting yesterday.
The CJC’s report focused on three main issues: that the U.A. should continue to hold responsibility for the Code, that the Office of the Judicial Administrator should remain independent and that the other proposed changes to the Code “need further exploration.”
The U.A. will be drafting a letter to President David Skorton suggesting he accept the report of the CJC.