<p>I don’t know that Case has specifically excluded the concept of having a university-wide academic honor code. There are a wide range of opinions among professors regarding any pedagogical concept, and I imagine that an honor code would be no different. The university has recently focused its cooperative efforts on the SAGES program - improving writing, comprehension, and communication skills. As a student member of a committee that has oversight over many programs at the university, I can see that there are more important things to occupy the administration’s time than adopting a new honor code (why fix it if it ain’t really broken). For instance, the long-outdated SOLAR course registration system has finally been replaced by a new system (effective for scheduling beginning in February!)</p>
<p>While most professors believe that their students are generally trustworthy, few wish to give students the opportunity to take advantage of them. Many professors allow note sheets or books during exams; others allow or encourage group-work on homework assignments and projects. Each professor’s trust of the students develops and grows as they spend more time here. One of my professors came here from a large state school where cheating was prevalent and used 4 different versions of every exam to prevent cheating. After several years they realized that they were being somewhat paranoid and scaled back to reasonable cheating preventions - students are asked to sign a sheet on the cover of the exam stating it is their own work, a teaching assistant or professor is present during the exam to keep an eye out for suspicious behavior.</p>
<p>In many cases, having a proctored exam is helpful because the professor or teaching assistant is available to clarify questions or typos, get rid of an annoying person standing right outside the room yakking loudly on a cell phone, or even add information about questions (provide more constants, unit conversions, etc).</p>