Clint Rodenfels's List: Student Conduct

• The alliance of schools maintains and shares a database to track students who have been deemed by school personnel to be potentially dangerous — capable of committing massacres such as the ones at Columbine High School, Virginia Tech and Newtown, Conn., officials said.

     

  Profiler Dan Korem, author of “Rage of the Random Actor,” said 6 percent of the nation’s students exhibit random actor behavioral traits — character traits that indicate they could be violent.

     
• The database can be used for students in grades kindergarten through college.

• Branden Johnson, president of the local chapter of the NAACP, said although the database could have a positive effect on campus safety, there is a huge drawback to tagging students as troublemakers as early as kindergarten.

     

  “On the positive side, you’re able to hopefully deter any major event from happening. But you have to understand this is labeling,” he said.

     

  And Johnson believes labeling has a negative impact on children and their abilities to receive a quality education.

• Johnson also is concerned that children who are in elementary school may end up in the system based on normal childhood outbursts, including temper tantrums.

     

  “There is too much subjective stuff involved. How many college students had behavioral problems when they were 7 years old?” he said.

     

  Johnson contends the new policy could become another pipeline that pushes students from school to prison, an issue that has caught the attention of community leaders across the U.S.

     

  “But hey, if the school district thinks this will help, OK. We are dealing with elected officials. If people don’t like this, they can vote those trustees right out of office,” he said.

     

• Ghassan Nino, Pave Systems CEO, said his company provides technology through smart devices that will allow school officials to lock down a campus from anywhere using a smart device.

     

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• This tutorial will help you to understand and recognize plagiarism.

   

  Avoiding plagiarism is important -- both in writing and speaking. When you properly acknowledge the  contributions to knowledge made by other people, you are showing respect for  their work, and you are giving credit where credit is due. You are not  misleading the reader to believe that your work is solely your own.

   

  This tutorial is divided into sections:

   
   
  • The Indiana   University Definition
   
  • Overview: when   and how to give credit; recommendations; decision flowchart
   
  • Plagiarism Cases:   links to Web sites describing real plagiarism cases
   
  • Examples:   word-for-word and paraphrasing plagiarism -- 5 examples each
   
  • Practice with   feedback: identifying plagiarism -- 10 items
   
  • Test: if you pass,   you can print a confirmation certificate
   
  • Resources: Web   sites, books, dictionary links, references

• many colleges amended their policies to make clear they could force students to withdraw if they considered them homicidal or suicidal.
   
   But a change in Federal law now says that taking such actions is discrimination, particularly if the student is only a direct threat to himself.
• in March 2011. The Department of Justice issued its own definition of direct threat, saying that schools can only withdraw students if they are deemed a direct threat to others, not just themselves.
• Another concern is that university administrators now worry that they have to choose between the risk of a discrimination suit or wrongful death suit.

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• As a result of participating in the conduct process, students will be able to:

   
  • demonstrate how personal lives are impacted by behaviors.
   
  • demonstrate how academic success is impacted by behaviors.
   
  • demonstrate how communities are impacted by behaviors.
   
  • use reflection to inform future decisions.
   
  • explore their own values as they relate to Puget Sound's Integrity Code.
   
  • demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate.
   
  • demonstrate understanding of the developmental and educational approach to student conduct at Puget Sound.