Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!wjh12!genrad!decvax!decwrl!amd!fortune!hpda!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!dgreen From: dgreen@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.college Subject: Re: Honor System for tests Message-ID: <1681@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Wed, 17-Oct-84 16:20:58 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.1681 Posted: Wed Oct 17 16:20:58 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Oct-84 08:04:53 EDT References: <1970@stolaf.UUCP> Organization: UCLA CS Dept. Lines: 14 The University of Michigan Engineering Department has an honor system. It works exactly the way Beth Nelson's honor system works. I have never heard of a UM engineering student cheating on an exam and getting away with it. The reason it works is not necessarily because you have to write the pledge. Since having the proctor out of the room is an expression of trust, students who observe cheating consider it a moral issue. In places that do not use an honor system, cheating can be seen as a way to reject authority. And, as many of us know, students love to reject authority. By the way, the University of Michigan is a state-sponsered university, and is huge (40,000 students total). Dan Greening (UCLA)