Core Commitments: Educating Students for
Personal and Social Responsibility

Resources

• Core Commitments Initiative brochure (pdf)
• Personal and Social Responsibility Institutional Inventory (PSRII)
• Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility: Review of Existing Literature (pdf)
• Core Commitments Institutional Matrix (pdf)
• Building Collective Institutional Commitment: Questions to Ask
• Core Commitments Bibliography (pdf)

Publications

• Richard H. Hersh and Carol Geary Schneider, "Fostering Personal and Social Responsibility on College and University Campuses" Liberal Education, Summer/Fall 2005
• Academic Freedom and Educational Responsibility, A Statement from the Board of AAC&U, 2006
• Donald L. McCabe , "It Takes a Village: Academic Dishonesty and Educational Opportunity" Liberal Education, Summer/Fall 2005
• "Creating a Culture of Civility at MSU" Member Innovations, AAC&U News, August 2008

Links

• Association for Moral Education - Interdisciplinary forum for professionals interested in the moral dimensions of educational theory and practice
• Association for Practical and Professional Ethics - Founded to "encourage interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching...in practical and professional ethics"
• Center for Academic Integrity - Forum to identify, affirm, and promote the values of academic integrity among students, faculty, teachers and administrators
• Center for the 4th and 5th Rs (Respect and Responsibility) - K-12 character education clearinghouse, SUNY Cortland
• Graduation Pledge Alliance - Graduation pledge of environmental and social responsibility
• Institute for Global Ethics - Ethical Literacy
• Journal of College and Character (and Clearinghouse) - Information and scholarship on character in college
• Journal of Moral Education - Publisher's homepage
• Society for Values in Higher Education - Ethical issues facing higher education and wider society
• Public Ethics Radio - online audio broadcast featureing thinkers who engage with ethics in public life

Events

Core Commitments Symposium with a focus on taking seriously the perspectives of others, October 15-16, 2008
Long Beach, California

"Diversity, Learning, and Inclusive Excellence: Accelerating and Assessing Progress", Network for Academic Renewal Conference, October 16-18, 2008
Long Beach, California

Press