Student Honor Pledge Reinforces Academic
Honesty at Daniel Webster College
One of the most important, proactive components of
academic honesty is a student honor pledge. Many
colleges and universities have incorporated a student
honor pledge into their campus culture of academic
integrity. Experts who study academic dishonesty in
higher education encourage the use of a student honor
pledge, and feel that it can be an effective deterrent
to cheating.
Daniel Webster College believes that all students have
the right to learn in an academic community that insures
fair competition, and respects truth and honesty.
Academic dishonesty is not tolerated at Daniel Webster
College. The Student Honor Pledge is intended to support
the community of fairness, respect and responsibility in
the pursuit of academic enterprise.
The Student Honor Pledge reads as follows:
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I pledge on my honor, as a student at Daniel Webster College,
that I have neither given nor received any unauthorized aid on assignments and examinations. |
The Academic Integrity
Statement reinforces the DWC community’s commitment to
academic and personal integrity:
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I agree to uphold
the principles of honor set forth by
the Daniel Webster College community
and to defend these principles against abuse and
misuse. |
The Daniel Webster
College Student Honor Pledge is prominently displayed in
all DWC classrooms and labs. All incoming freshmen and
returning upperclassmen will be asked to read and sign
the pledge when they register for classes each semester.
The signed honor pledge will then be filed with students
academic records. During the Fall Convocation, students
will stand and recite the Pledge in unison. A student
member of the Student Honor Pledge Committee will lead
the Pledge recitation.
Each faculty member will indicate when and where the
Pledge or the Academic Integrity Statement is required
on assignments, papers, and exams. Students who are
unwilling to sign the Pledge must work with faculty to
find a suitable alternative to the Pledge that provides
compliance to the Daniel Webster College policy and
expectations regarding academic honesty.
Updated
02/08/2007
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