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been regularly extended while the Agreement is being renegotiated.
Open communication helps to foster comprehensive efforts to promote integrity in the
administrative, academic, and co‐curricular activities of the College community. Faculty
meetings, held monthly, are run by faculty for faculty. They are open forums for discussion,
where divergent views are encouraged. Concerns related to academic or business integrity are
openly discussed.
Staff members meet two or three times each academic year for a State of the College update
from the President that briefs staff on College‐wide initiatives and challenges. Although the
format of State of the College meetings does not lend itself to open discussion, the meetings
encourage staff to consider the welfare of the College as a whole. Questions are welcomed and
encouraged. A similar opportunity is provided each year at the Staff Retreat, which includes a
keynote speaker and breakout sessions on topics selected by a broad‐based Staff committee. clxx
Curry College strives to portray the institution accurately to prospective students in person, in
print and on the College web site. Information about faculty/student ratios and campus life are
included on the web site, and the physical facilities are authentically portrayed through
photographs. Open houses, held in the fall, provide prospective students with opportunities to
meet faculty and administrators, to view the facilities, and to ask questions related to academic
and student life. Current students are available at these events, providing a students’
perspective to questions and/or concerns.
All admissions material includes a statement attesting to the College’s commitment to “a policy
of equal opportunity in every aspect of its operation.” The statement continues: “The College
values diversity and seeks talented students, faculty, and staff from a variety of backgrounds.”
Curry is a member of the National Association of College Admission Counselors and also
adheres to their Statement of Principles of Good Practice.
Each year, an Open Forum, orchestrated by the Student Government Association, allows and
encourages students to ask direct questions to the President and Senior Staff members about
issues that concern them. Questions are submitted in advance; those that are not answered on
the floor of the meeting are answered in writing after the meeting.
Standards for student behavior are outlined in both the Student Handbook in an extensive
Policy section, and in the Course Catalogue under Academic Policies; both are available to
current and prospective students. First‐year students are introduced to the importance of
integrity at Convocation, where they recite the convocation oath. Current students receive
communication of this and other college policies by individual email as well as on the Portal,
where there is a provision for students to confirm that they have read the relevant information.
Academic expectations of integrity are also included in the catalogues for Continuing and
Graduate studies. Standards of integrity and behavior in athletics are communicated to all
student athletes through the published Student Athlete Code of Conduct, which all athletes sign
annually. The NCAA Fans Code of Conduct is read at all home games when a speaker system is
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