The Faculty Senate at its Nov. 1 meeting unanimously approved a resolution endorsing a proposed new University Honor Code, including a mark of "X" with an assigned grade to denote a violation of the Honor Code.

Other changes include an improved Web site to make reporting violations and understanding the process simpler for students and faculty, as well as expanded sanctions for violators.

With Board approval of the Honor Code, proactive measures promoting academic integrity in the classroom, assessment of these measures, and the administrative tasks involved with investigating and adjudicating Honor Code violations would be delegated to a new Office of Academic Integrity.

To read the proposed Honor Code, go to www.sc.edu/academicintegrity/honorcode.html.

Provost Becker updated four dean searches. Interviews are taking place for dean of the School of Medicine and dean of the Columbia campus of the S.C. College of Pharmacy. A search committee is being formed for the dean of the Moore School of Business. The search for a dean for The Graduate School will "start shortly," Becker said.

The next Faculty Senate meeting will be at 3 p.m. Dec. 6 in the School of Law Auditorium.

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