Rice University Honor Council records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0221

Staff Only

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

Rice University (Organization)

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

Additional Description

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.