Course Outline:
The course is divided into three modules, concluding with a list of "best practices" on how to use the disciplinary process to promote student ethical development. The first module focuses on what "ethical development" means--what knowledge, skills, insights, and habits we want students to acquire--and how they might be taught. The second module explores how campus disciplinary codes can be designed and administered to promote ethical dialogue and student ethical development. The third module examines the "new honor code" movement, and how honor systems can enlist substantial student participation in ethical development programming.

Learning Outcomes:
Active participants in the course will have a better understanding of:

• what "ethical development" means and how and why it should be taught;
• the aims of the campus disciplinary process;
• how disciplinary codes and procedures can be designed to promote student ethical development;
• How the "new honor code" movement arose and what it has accomplished;
• The role of students, administrators and faculty members in designing and administering campus disciplinary systems and ethical development programs
• the likely direction of college ethical development programs in the years ahead.

Participant Expectations:
Participants will be expected to devote approximately fifteen hours to the course (five hours for each of the three week modules). Assignments include selected readings and regular discussions. Active participation in online discussions will enhance learning outcomes. At the close of the course each participant will be asked to submit a short list of at least three best practices" in ways to design and use the college disciplinary process to promote student ethical development.

Individuals registering for CEUs will receive 1.0 CEU upon successful completion of the course.

Instructor Bios:
Gary Pavela, is Director of Judicial Programs at the University of Maryland-College Park, and edits the national quarterly Synthesis: Law and Policy in Higher Education as well as its sister publication, Synfax Weekly Report-- publications to which over 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada subscribe.

He holds an M.A. in intellectual history from Wesleyan University, a law degree from the University of Illinois, and has been a Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Center for Behavioral Science and Law.

Pavela worked as a staff attorney for the State University of New York--Central Administration, was a law clerk to the late Chief Judge Alfred P. Murrah of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and served as a faculty member for the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, D.C. (the training arm of the United States Courts).

Identified by the New York Times as an "authority on academic ethics," Gary Pavela is a member of the Advisory Board of the Kenan Ethics Institute at Duke University and is a past President of the National Center for Academic Integrity, a consortium of 200 universities that collaborate on academic integrity policies and procedures. He has been a consultant on legal issues and student conduct policies at many leading universities, including Stanford University, the University of Michigan, The University of California at San Diego, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Rutgers University, Georgetown University, The United States Naval Academy, Lehigh University, Brown University, Colgate University, and Smith College.

Gary Pavela is a NASPA "Pillar of the Profession." In 1995 he was awarded the American College Personnel Association "Tracy R. Teele Memorial Award" for "contributions to the area of judicial affairs and legal issues." In 1996 he received the "D. Parker Young Award" for "outstanding scholarly and research contributions in the area of higher education law and judicial affairs" from the Association for Student Judicial Affairs. In 1999 he was awarded the "Thomas S. Biggs Award" for "dedicated legal service" in the field of law and higher education; presented at the Twentieth Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education. Last year Gary Pavela was designated the year 2002 "Fellow" of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Fellows of the Association are identified by NACUA as individuals who have "brought distinction to higher education and to the practice of law on behalf of colleges and universities across the nation."

Andrew Canter is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, receiving a B.A. in Government & Politics with a minor in Music Performance. A member of the University Honors Program, Mr. Canter was Chair of the Student Honor Council, overseeing campus-wide academic integrity issues and ethical development programming, including implementation of the University's new Honor Pledge. Additionally, he was appointed to serve as the student member of the University System of Maryland's Board of Regents. Mr. Canter is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Public Policy through the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs.