March 1, 2005

National On-Campus Report March 1, 2005 full issue PDF
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Encouraging Faculty to Report Cheating
The University of Georgia’s process for addressing student violations of academic honesty policies was “awful” before it was revised in 2000, says Debbie Bell, coordinator for academic honesty. “It was a miserable process. Professors would call me and get ready to report student cheating, and then when I would explain the process and what the possible outcomes would be, they would say, ‘Forget I called.'" It was time to create a new way of handling cheating.

Syracuse Creates Neighbor Complaint Hotline
Members of the Syracuse University community—specifically, residents of the heavily student-populated East Neighborhood next to campus—now have a dedicated telephone hotline to report non-emergency issues, complaints, and concerns, or to ask questions related to off-campus student life.

Resources
Campus Violence White Paper; Using Entertainment to Inform Student Affairs; Corporate Influence on Higher Education; Minorities in Higher Education

Solomon Amendment Update
The U.S. Justice Department says it will appeal FAIR v. Rumsfeld to the U.S. Supreme Court. Meanwhile, judges deliberate whether to keep the Solomon Amendment in force, and another court says no to enforcing the rule at Yale.

On-Campus Reports
New Software Could Rival Facebook; Drinking Tournament Cancelled; Riot, Lawsuits Fuel Insurance Hike; UM to Pay Admission Case's Legal Fees; Vandals Cause Millions in Damage; Conference Gets Tough on Fan Misbehavior; College Violence, Drinking Prevention Grants; Suicide Hotline Loses Religious Ties

New Developments in Records Disclosure
A private university can keep its campus police records closed, a state court of appeals ruled recently. Meanwhile, at a public university, there’s an open records fight brewing over the form in which the records are released.