Outlining academic integrity
Undergraduates, staffers, administrators, and fellow faculty members filled a lecture hall last Thursday afternoon to hear from — and speak to — a panel of faculty about academic integrity. Titled “Doing Good Work in a Noisy, Messy World,” the discussion was the first in a series of events designed to engage the College community about this important topic. “The world is not getting noisier or messier, but the ease with which one can run afoul of community standards seems to be increasing,” said Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay Harris, who moderated the talk. “This instinct is as old as humanity itself, but I suspect the strategy” and “the instruments to bring these things about are more available and are making it easier.” In addition to Harris, the Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies, the panel included professors Stephanie Sandler, Joshua Greene, Rakesh Khurana, and interim Dean of the College Donald Pfister. Pfister, the...