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WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY 250th Observance |
Center for Academic Integrity Annual Conference November
6-8, 1998
Washington and Lee hosted the annual conference of
the Center for Academic Integrity from Nov. 6-8, 1998. Nearly 200 guests
including students, faculty and administrators from colleges and universities
that have honor codes or systems and that are concerned about academic
integrity attended the conference. The Center is based at Duke University
and is associated with the Kenan Ethics Program at Duke. The conference began
on Friday afternoon with a newcomers orientation, a welcoming reception and
dinner and a keynote address. Saturday, the conference featured a series
of panel discussions on problems related to academic integrity, small group
discussions and a mock trial of a W&L honor code violation. Sunday,
the conference concluded with a series of workshops on honor and integrity and
a closing address.
For more information about the CAI, visit the Center for Academic Integrity
home page.
The Responsibility Symposium- Brochure
The academic centerpiece of the 250th observance is
a University Symposium on "Religion, Law, and Public Responsibility"
organized by Winston Davis, Professor of Religion. Professor Davis plans on
hosting nearly 20 speakers, seven of whom will deliver lectures addressing
legal responsibility. Most notably, Henry Ashby Turner '54, Professor of
History at Yale University, will deliver a lecture on Hitler, the Third Reich,
and modern Germany. At the end of the academic year 1998-99, Davis will compile
the lectures into a book that will be published in the fall of 1999.