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.
Students and community members Muslim and non-Muslim alike came together at Old Union, where they ate Halal (Islamically permissible) foods, listened to speakers from the Muslim community and partook in prayers together on Thursday.
The Committee of 12 (C12) proposed a broad set of changes to University policies on academic integrity and discipline from restructuring the judicial process to researching exam proctoring which will be voted on by governing bodies in the coming weeks.