Teaching and Learning


Character Development in College


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Academic Integrity
Academic Standards
Developing Character
Etiquette
Netiquette (Network Etiquette)


Academic Integrity
    ("a fundamental value of teaching, learning, and scholarship")

Academic Honesty Issues: Plagiarism - FDC page of links addressing plagiarism

Academic Honesty: How Counselors can help mold intellectually responsible students (including What constitutes a violation? and Consequences of Plagiarism)

The Center for Academic Integrity "... a forum to identify, affirm, and promote the values of academic integrity among students, faculty, teachers and administrators."

International Journal for Educational Integrity -a platform for educators across all sectors to research issues in the multi-disciplinary field of educational integrity

Academic Standards

Society for A Return to Academic Standards - "Provide[s] information and support for a return to academic standards in higher education. The widespread use of the student evaluation of teaching (SET) data as a control device has caused grade inflation and course work devaluation...." A cartoon and links to various perspectives.
 

Developing Character

John Templeton Foundation: College and Character - Introduction, Defining Character, Developing Character in the college years. Links to exemplary programs, many resources, grant opportunities, etc. through this foundation.

Journal of College & Character homepage - "The website for information and scholarship on character in college! ... includes resources and information designed to encourage discussion, research, and educational strategies on character development in college."

"Hoping in Hard Times: The Transformative Power of Hope in
College Student Development"
- journal article including some recommendations for encouraging transformative hope in today’s college students

Teaching Tolerance - “Founded in 1991 by the Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance provides educators with free educational materials that promote respect for differences and appreciation of diversity in the classroom and beyond.”


Etiquette

Business Etiquette - "More than just Eating with the Right Fork"

Dining Etiquette - Restaurant and Dinner Party Manners and Etiquette - simple instructions which include both American Style and Continental/European Style methods
    ("Use the silverware farthest from your plate first...Eat to your left, drink to your right. Any food dish to the left is yours, and any glass to the right is yours."...)

Everything Etiquette - includes etiquette information for many different situations: business, cell phone, dating, dining, email, funeral, gift, golf, international, party, shower, tipping, wedding. There also is a forum for asking questions.

Japanese Etiquette - "Correct manners are very important among the Japanese. Also as a foreigner in Japan you should be familiar with at least the most basic rules..."

US Flag Etiquette - Information on Flag etiquette and the US Flag Code


Netiquette - Network Etiquette (Online/E-mail)

The Core Rules of Netiquette - excerpted from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea

Netiquette Home Page - A service of Albion.com - "Netiquette" is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace. This page provides links to both summary and detail information about Netiquette..."

Email Etiquette Matters! - "This site helps onliners wade through the minefields of email courtesies and Internet Etiquette also known as Netiquette."