Character Development

The Student Fellows Program Experience
Efrata Y
2004
A high school student shares Student Fellows Program experiences. 

The Importance of the Student Fellows Program
Sher Afgan T
2004
A high school student shares Student Fellows Program highlights and experiences.

When teachers skirt tough issues
Amanda Paulson
Christian Science Monitor 2002
KathSimon spent several months observing English, history, biology, and religion classes at public and parochial schools, to get a better sense of just how educators address - or avoid - moral and existential questions that are integral to their subjects.

The Ethics of Corporations and Kids
Katie Sutliff
Ethics Resource Center 2004
Ms. Sutliff shares her thoughts about the Student Fellows Program and the "extraordinary, young people who are ready to transform the heroism of a moment into a movement that will change the world." 

Values - The Great Common Denominator
Joseph C. Kale, Jr.
2004
Talks about the similarities between ethics in the classroom and ethics in the workplace. Discusses how people might end up making bad decisions by creating justifications for actions or decisions that might go against their previously learned values.

Students Building Character
Lee Kaiser and Katie Sutliff
ASCA School Counselor 2004
By approaching character education programs from the inside out, a Virginia elementary school discovers a successful, student-driven solution.

Students as Ethical Leaders
Ethics Resource Center 2004
Two ERC employees, four high school students and an ethics officer delivered a presentation on the ERC's Student Ethics Office Model ™ at the EOA meeting, discussing the need for and impact of student ethics offices from a number of viewpoints.

Student Fellows Program July 2005
Carolyn W
2005
A high school student shares Student Ethics Office and Student Fellows Program highlights and experiences. 

Taking ethics from home to school to workplace
Barbara Wray
The Austin Business Journal
Business leaders say that recent events prove something they've long known -- "learning" ethics begins early, if at all, and can only be reinforced in business practices.

From Spiderman to Mom: How Kids Choose Heroes
Katy Abel
FamilyEducation.com 2002
Pat Harned, Ph.D., of the ERC is quoted in this article on children and their choices of heroes. She believes parents and teachers need to show children that heroes are often complex people with less than flattering attributes

Student Fellows Program July 2005
Sher Afgan T.
2005
A high school student shares Student Fellows Program highlights and experiences. 

ERC Student Fellows Program From Both Sides
Vikrant Nahal Arya
2005
ERC Intern and recipient of the 2005 Student Leadership in Ethics Award discusses the benefits of Student Ethics Office and Student Fellows Programs from the point of view of an attending student and a member of the organizing and presenting staff.

A Wonderful Experience
Vikrant N A
2004
A high school student shares Student Fellows Program highlights and experiences.