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Rice University Honor Council records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0221
Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents

Records of the business of the Rice University Honor Council such as hearings and trail abstracts, as well as documentation of procedural and constitutional revisions.

Dates

  • Creation: 1916 - 2022

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access to this restricted material requires written permission from the Rice University Dean of Undergraduates Office for undergraduate cases, and the Dean of Graduates and Post-Doctoral Studies for graduate cases.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be arranged through the Woodson Research Center, woodson@rice.edu.

Biographical / Historical

The Rice Honor System was created by Rice Institute students in 1916. It is comprised of current Rice undergraduate and graduate students. The Council reviews cases and decides appropriate penalties. "The purpose of the Honor System is to allow maximum freedom for students, undergraduate and graduate, in the completion of all academic work and to ensure the integrity of the work. When students accept this freedom and trust, they are placed on their honor by the group neither to cheat on any assignment nor to violate the trust placed in them in any way. Students demonstrate their responsibilities to their fellow students under the Honor System when they can pledge, in good conscience, that their work is their own and that they have neither witnessed nor suspect violations by others." (Article 1 Section 1 of Honor Council constitution, http://honor.blogs.rice.edu/files/2011/03/Constitution-2011.pdf). For more information, see http://honor.rice.edu/.

Extent

6.25 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Records of the business of the Rice University Honor Council such as hearings and trial abstracts, as well as documentation of procedural and constitutional revisions.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred to the Woodson Research Center regularly, beginning in 1998.

Title
Guide to the Rice University Honor Council records, 1916-2022
Status
Completed
Author
Austin Rodd, Amanda Focke, Lee Pecht
Date
2018 update
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA
713-348-2586