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UVA’s Honor System is student-run and nearly two centuries old. It has been rewritten, worked around, and in places abandoned. We follow what is left of it.

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How Widespread is Cheating at UVA?

<p>Honor Council members believe in the Honor Code and their efforts are to be commended. But if students are unwilling to turn in offenders, and if the faculty reformats its tests in lieu of prosecuting cheaters, then the "community of trust" does not seem to be working as advertised.</p>
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In Support of the Honor System

The Jefferson Council lauds Rector Thomas Hardie, President Jim Ryan, and Honor Chair Hamza Aziz for their ringing endorsement of the Honor Code in the letter below.Dear members of the University community:In…
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JTC Honor Committee Update

In a recent article The Daily Progress, Charlottesville’s daily newspaper, highlighted the continuing debate over the University of Virginia honor code. We thank reporter Faith Redd for reaching out to The Jefferson…
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What the “Community of Trust” Looks Like

This is one of two chained-down picnic tables outside the SPE fraternity on Madison Bowl spotted by TJC board member Ann McLean Sunday. Chained down picnic tables? Really?Readers, send us photos and…

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“The Worst Tour of the 14 Colleges We Have Been on This Year”

by James A. BaconThis past April a University of Virginia alumna took her son for a tour of the university conducted by a student-run organization, the University Guide Service. The woman had…

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