The newly inaugurated 25th Undergraduate Senate (UGS), met on Tuesday, with a large debate over possible responses to the Faculty Senate’s historic bypass of the previous UGS vote on changes to the Honor Code proposed by the C12.
At its Tuesday meeting, the Undergraduate Senate expressed opposition to the Faculty Senate’s decision to bypass its prior votes against proposed revisions to the Honor Code that would explicitly allow exam proctoring, ending a 102-year long precedent.
The Editorial Board argues that the Faculty Senate's recent motion to change the Honor Code is undemocratic and degrades student-faculty trust. “By bypassing the Undergraduate Senate’s vote, the Faculty Senate is signaling that it no longer believes the student body deserves a voice in this decision, ending 102 years of precedent of shared governance over the Honor code,” the Board writes.
At its Thursday meeting, the Faculty Senate unilaterally approved revisions to the Honor Code that would explicitly allow exam proctoring. Their action marks the end to the over 102-year precedent of “shared governance” on academic integrity between Stanford faculty and students by circumventing a student vote on the matter.