Seeking Student Perspectives on the Honor Code and In-Person Exams

The Tech is collecting student input for future coverage on the Honor Code, exam formats and related topics.

Caltech’s Honor Code states, “No member of the Caltech community shall take unfair advantage of any other member of the Caltech community.” In classes, the Honor Code is often reflected in rules about collaboration, outside resources, exams and tools such as large language models.

Recent campus conversations around academic integrity have raised questions about how course policies are enforced, including how instructors respond to concerns about outside resources. In-person exams have been implemented as one response.

If you have thoughts on the Honor Code, in-person exams, large language models, workload, academic pressure, or the Board of Control process, the Tech is asking you to share them through the form linked with this article.

Responses may be quoted or summarized according to each respondent’s stated preference. Emails will be collected to help verify that responses come from Caltech students and will not be published or used to identify respondents, unless they ask to be quoted by name. Full responses will only be read by the outgoing and incoming editors-in-chief.

Submit responses at forms.gle/Qjfgn45LEjWEZD7c6 or by scanning the QR code with this article.

Those who want to discuss these topics further are welcome to submit letters at tech.caltech.edu/write. Students can also reach out to their Academics and Research Committee or Board of Control representatives about academic policies and the Honor Code.