2008 Woodie Awards
Rollins Leadership
Shaun Cricks
Issue date: 2/12/07 Section: News
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The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced its choice of Rollins College as 1 of 18 institutions to participate in the Core Commitments Leadership Consortium. "We are so excited to have Rollins selected to be a part of the Core Commitments Leadership Consortium," Michele Leaman of the AAC&U said.
Rollins' application was selected from a pool of 128 colleges and universities that applied. The schools selected will lead the first stage of a national initiative, Core Commitments: Educating Students for personal and social responsibility.
The AAC&U selected Rollins based on our proposal as well as prior accomplishments in the spirit of core commitments. In addition to this selection, "We are working not only on proposals… but also to develop national models - in this way, Rollins will have a platform to let others know what a great job we are doing here," said interim Dean of the Faculty Hoyt Edge.
One of Rollins' prior accomplishment the AAC&U considered is our school honor code. "Part of the application included our adoption of the Academic Honor Code and our interest in developing an appropriate Social Honor Code," said Dr. Edge.
According to their website, AAC&U has identified five key dimensions of personal and social responsibility:
1. Striving for excellence: developing a strong work ethic and consciously doing one's very best in all aspects of college;
2. Cultivating personal and academic integrity: recognizing and acting in a sense of honor ranging from honesty in relationships to principled engagement with a formal academic honors code;
3. Contributing to a larger community: recognizing and acting on one's responsibility to the educational community (classroom, campus life), the local community, and the wider society, both natural and global;
4. Taking seriously the perspectives of others: recognizing and acting on the obligation to inform one's own judgment; engaging diverse and competing perspectives as a resource for learning, for citizenship, and for work;
Rollins' application was selected from a pool of 128 colleges and universities that applied. The schools selected will lead the first stage of a national initiative, Core Commitments: Educating Students for personal and social responsibility.
The AAC&U selected Rollins based on our proposal as well as prior accomplishments in the spirit of core commitments. In addition to this selection, "We are working not only on proposals… but also to develop national models - in this way, Rollins will have a platform to let others know what a great job we are doing here," said interim Dean of the Faculty Hoyt Edge.
One of Rollins' prior accomplishment the AAC&U considered is our school honor code. "Part of the application included our adoption of the Academic Honor Code and our interest in developing an appropriate Social Honor Code," said Dr. Edge.
According to their website, AAC&U has identified five key dimensions of personal and social responsibility:
1. Striving for excellence: developing a strong work ethic and consciously doing one's very best in all aspects of college;
2. Cultivating personal and academic integrity: recognizing and acting in a sense of honor ranging from honesty in relationships to principled engagement with a formal academic honors code;
3. Contributing to a larger community: recognizing and acting on one's responsibility to the educational community (classroom, campus life), the local community, and the wider society, both natural and global;
4. Taking seriously the perspectives of others: recognizing and acting on the obligation to inform one's own judgment; engaging diverse and competing perspectives as a resource for learning, for citizenship, and for work;
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