Christopher H. Cleveland ’14 said he would “hesitate” to require students to sign the statement frequently, adding that introducing them to the statement at the start of their college careers would be better than requiring incoming students to sign it at the end of high school. Terah E. Lyons ’14, a student member of the committee, suggested at multiple feedback meetings that an option would be to introduce students to the statement at the time of their matriculation to the College.

At all four of the feedback sessions, Academic Integrity Committee members framed the honor code as a way to ignite a discussion on campus about academic honesty. The group first proposed the honor code in April 2013.

Cabot House Co-Master Rakesh Khurana—a member of the committee, who was tapped last month to serve as the next dean of the College—echoed this sentiment at the most recent session in Straus Hall on Tuesday evening. He also spoke about the pressures that students face that might cause them to make poor decisions.

“As a House Master, one of the hardest things for me is when I see some of my students get in trouble, because everybody is a good person,” Khurana said. “What happens is that you can create conditions in which good people don’t do the right thing, and there’s a lot of things that we have to be more conscious of.”

“This is actually a vehicle to create conversations with faculty members,” Khurana added. “It’s a vehicle to create conversations with resident deans. It’s a vehicle to create conversations with your peers.”

—Staff writer Madeline R. Conway can be reached at mconway@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @MadelineRConway.

—Staff writer Steven S. Lee can be reached at steven.lee@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twitter @StevenSJLee.