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Brigham Young University's Honor Code, which all BYU students agree to as a condition of studying at BYU, prohibits the consumption of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, etc. As mentioned earlier, The Princeton Review has rated BYU the "#1 stone cold sober school" in the nation for several years running, an honor which the late LDS Church president ...
The organization has petitioned the university, [11] as well as several of its accreditors with statements that BYU does not meet national requirements for religious freedom. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] These include the American Psychological Association [ 15 ] and the American Bar Association [ 10 ] [ 16 ] which resulted in a change to BYU's honor ...
Academic freedom at Brigham Young University (BYU) has been the subject of several controversies, mostly focusing on its religious nature. In 1992, BYU issued a statement limiting academic freedom in certain areas, including language that attacked the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and language that violates the university's honor code.
Brigham Young University (BYU) is a private research university in Provo, Utah, United States.It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
The RSC (sometimes called the Center for Religious Studies in its early years) [2] [3] was founded in 1975 by Jeffrey R. Holland, dean of Religious Education at BYU. [4] Upon the recommendation of BYU president Dallin H. Oaks , the establishment of the RSC was approved by BYU's Board of Trustees in early 1976. [ 3 ]
The Maxwell Institute was established in 2006 as an umbrella organization for several of BYU's academic initiatives, including: the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative (METI), the Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (CPART), the Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies, and the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS). [2]
LGBTQ students have received media coverage at the three main universities owned by the LDS Church (Brigham Young University (BYU), BYU–Idaho, and BYU–Hawaii). [ 276 ] [ 277 ] [ 278 ] Most media coverage concern the Utah-based BYU university, as it's the largest religious university in North America and is the flagship institution of the ...
Robert J. Matthews. Robert James Matthews (12 September 1926 – 30 August 2009) was a Latter-day Saint religious educator and scholar, teaching in the departments of Ancient Scripture and Religious Education at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah.