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How Should the Policy Apply? Trustworthy Decisions in the Administration of Graduate Academic Programs

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Previous work on the ethics of academic administration has ignored the interpretation and application of academic policies. In this essay, I discuss the ethics of administrative decisions based on academic policies. Because no policy can cover every situation, administrators must exercise judgment to interpret policies wisely and to grant exceptions when warranted. Using examples from my experience as a graduate dean, I explain how I endeavored to ensure the trustworthiness of policy-based decisions and decision processes in the administration of graduate programs.

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Philip Hillmer suggested improvements to a previous version of this paper.

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  1. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

    Michael C. Loui

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  1. Dept. Philosophy, Utah Valley University, 800 W. University Parkway, Mailstop 243, Orem, 84058, UT, USA

    Elaine E. Englehardt

  2. Dept. Philosophy, Western Michigan University, 1903 W. Michigan Ave., Moore Hall, Kalamazoo, 49008-5328, MI, USA

    Michael S. Pritchard

  3. Jacksonville University, 12538 Medinah Court, Jacksonville, 32225, FL, USA

    Kerry D. Romesburg (President) (President)

  4. Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Indiana University, 618 East Third Street, 47405, Bloomington, IN, USA

    Brian E. Schrag

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Loui, M.C. (2009). How Should the Policy Apply? Trustworthy Decisions in the Administration of Graduate Academic Programs. In: Englehardt, E.E., Pritchard, M.S., Romesburg, K.D., Schrag, B.E. (eds) The Ethical Challenges of Academic Administration. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2841-9_10

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