Brigham Young University announced updates Wednesday to its Honor Code that officials say will “reduce misunderstanding and anxiety” that has occurred at the Provo school.
The updates include: a more detailed appeals process, allowing a second person to accompany students in Honor Code meetings, no longer calling Honor Code Office employees “counselors."
The updates are posted online at HonorCode.BYU.edu and clarify changes that were announced in May by the school, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“To help reduce misunderstanding and anxiety, we’ve learned we need to better educate the campus community about what a correct process looks like,” Kevin Utt, director of BYU’s Honor Code Office, said in a statement.