To the Editor: I just wanted to write a note to clarify something that was published in the Oct.
Despite criticism from some students and professors, the Committee of Organization and Policy decided the Honor Principle is an integral part of a student's experience and should remain mostly unchanged. After a meeting earlier this month, COP Chair Richard Barff said the committee "found no need for deep structural change in the system." The COP considers general policies that affect the faculty as a whole and make recommendations on then when appropriate.
Vigil held against proposed Colorado amendment
The Committee on Organization and Policy will meet on Tuesday to discuss results from a survey sent in the Winter term evaluating the Academic Honor Principle, and will probably release a response to the survey later this term. Geography Professor Richard Barff, who chairs the COP, said the honor principle survey was sent to 800 students and faculty after Dean of the College Lee Pelton requested a comprehensive survey. Barff said he thinks the honor principle is "probably not in crisis" although the committee has not yet released any of the survey's findings. The point of Tuesday's COP meeting will be to draw conclusions from survey results in the hope of drafting a "response" to campus opinion of the honor principle, Barff said.