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=== Education === {{Main|Academic honor code}} {{refimprove|section|date=May 2023}} The first honor system in America was created at the [[College of William & Mary]] in 1779.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reese |first=Jennifer |date=1997-03-01 |title=Reviving the Honor Code |url=https://stanfordmag.org/contents/reviving-the-honor-code#:~:text=William%20and%20Mary%20College%20instituted,to%20promptly%20leave%20the%20school. |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=stanfordmag.org |language=en}}</ref> In some colleges, the honor system is used to administer tests unsupervised. Students are generally asked to sign an [[academic honor code|honor code]] statement that says they will not cheat or use unauthorized resources when taking tests. As an example, at [[Vanderbilt University]] students taking examinations are required to sign and include the following pledge: “I pledge on my honor that have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this examination”. Any student caught in violation of the Honor Code is referred to the Honor Council which investigates and determines the appropriate action, which can range from failing the course to expulsion from the university.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vanderbilt University |title=Faculty Guide to the Honor System |url=https://studentorg.vanderbilt.edu/honorcouncil/faculty-guide-to-the-honor-system/#g |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Vanderbilt University |language=en}}</ref> At the [[University of Virginia]] a student taking an examination is also required to sign a pledge not to give or receive aid and there is one penalty for transgression of the honor code, dismissal from the university.<ref>{{Cite web |last=University of Virginia |title=The Honor Code |url=https://honor.virginia.edu/course/honor-code#:~:text=The%20Honor%20Code%20of%20the,a%20University%20of%20Virginia%20student. |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=honor.virginia.edu}}</ref> Texas A&M also has an Honor System which states, Aggies do not lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those who do.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aggie Code of Honor |url=https://student-rules.tamu.edu/aggiecode/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=student-rules.tamu.edu}}</ref> Any student that does not follow the code is remanded to the Honor council so they can determine the severity of the case and how the student should be punished or if expulsion is necessary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanctions |url=https://www.tamug.edu/HonorSystem/sanctions.html#:~:text=When%20an%20alleged%20violation%20is,is%20separation%20from%20the%20university. |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.tamug.edu |language=en}}</ref> The students at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] also maintain a student-run honor system. Students maintain the integrity of the university by pledging not to cheat, steal or lie. Unlike the University of Virginia, the honor system at Chapel Hill allows for different sanctions, ranging from probation to expulsion. A single-sanction Honor Code exists at the [[Virginia Military Institute]], where a "drum out" ceremony is still carried out upon a cadet's dismissal.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1997/rt9703/970309/03100009.htm | title=The Honor Code is 'Simple and All-Encompassing' }}</ref> Some private universities are run by or associated with [[Religious organization|religious organizations]] and their honor code reflect that association. At [[Brigham Young University]] students commit to the [[Church Educational System Honor Code]] which unlike other honor codes has restrictions placed on how students should engage in sexual and romantic relationships and that students and employees should attend religious services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Church Educational System Honor Code |url=https://policy.byu.edu/view/church-educational-system-honor-code |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=policy.byu.edu}}</ref>
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