Volume 9, Issue 5

Ken Bain chronicles characteristics of good college teaching and asks teachers to reflect critically on their own teaching and thinking.

The authors of Amish Grace seek to discover and explain Amish forgiveness in a framework of Amish faith, tradition, and culture to those unfamiliar with Amish values.

In today’s goal driven society, cheating has become more prevalent among college students. These students first look for ways to cheat in secondary school and continue unethical practices in college. Some universities have implemented an honor code to hold students responsible for academic honesty. Researchers have investigated factors associated with college students and cheating that include personal and situational characteristics of this group of individuals, the influence of technological advances, and even influences from realms outside of academia. Many professionals in higher education argue that teaching students to behave in ethical ways and to develop core values that will influence lifelong decisions must become priorities.

This paper discusses the use of a required ethics class to promote moral development in the student judicial process. Research related to moral development as well as several student development theories are reviewed for their implications in using a required ethics course for moral development purposes.