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honor roll

Purpose

In 1989, the John Templeton Foundation established the Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges to recognize biennially those institutions that emphasize character development as an integral aspect of the undergraduate experience. To date, more than 350 colleges and universities have been named to one or more Honor Rolls.

Continuing this tradition of affirming excellence, the Templeton Honor Roll section of the guidebook profiles 100 colleges and universities. Although particular practices and emphases may differ, all 100 institutions exhibit a strong and inspiring campus-wide ethos that articulates the expectations of personal and civic responsibility in all dimensions of college life.

Selection Criteria

  • A clear and compelling vision and mission that express a commitment to prepare students for lives of personal and civic responsibility
  • The significant involvement and participation of faculty in forming and shaping the ideals and standards of personal and civic responsibility
  • Evidence that a wide variety of programs exists to prepare students for lives of personal and civic responsibility
  • The integration of personal and civic responsibility standards and activities into the core curriculum or areas of academic study
  • External recognition or honors
  • Procedures to assess effectiveness of campus-wide character-development programs

Alma College
http://www.alma.edu/
Alvernia College
http://www.alvernia.edu/
Anderson University
http://www.anderson.edu/
Asbury College
http://www.asbury.edu/
Augustana College
http://www.augie.edu/
Azusa Pacific University
http://www.apu.edu/
Baylor University
http://www.baylor.edu/
Bethel College
http://www.bethelcollege.edu/
Birmingham-Southern College
http://www.bsc.edu/
Bluffton University
http://www.bluffton.edu/
Brigham Young University
http://www.byu.edu/
Calvin College
http://www.calvin.edu/
Carroll College
http://www.cc.edu/
Central Methodist College
http:/www.cmc.edu/
Chapman University
http://www.chapman.edu/
Clarke College
http://www.clarke.edu/
College of Mount St. Joseph
http://www.msj.edu/
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
http://www.csbsju.edu/
The College of St. Catherine
http://www.stkate.edu/
College of the Ozarks
http://www.cofo.edu/
Colorado State University
http://www.colostate.edu/
Concordia College
http://www.cord.edu/
Concordia University
http://www.cui.edu/
Dallas Baptist University
http://www.dbu.edu/
Dartmouth College
http://www.dartmouth.edu/
The Defiance College
http://www.defiance.edu/
DePauw University
http://www.depauw.edu/
Earlham College
http://www.earlham.edu/
Eastern University
http://www.eastern.edu/
Eastern Mennonite University
http://www.emu.edu/
Elon University
http://www.elon.edu/
Emory University
http://www.emory.edu/
Fisk University
http://www.fisk.edu/
Franciscan University of Steubenville
http://www.franciscan.edu/
Furman University
http://www.furman.edu/
George Fox University
http://www.georgefox.edu/
Gordon College
http://www.gordon.edu/
Hampden-Sydney College
http://www.hsc.edu/
Hampton University
http://www.hamptonu.edu/
Hendrix College
http://www.hendrix.edu/
High Point University
http://www.highpoint.edu/
Hillsdale College
http://www. Hillsdale.edu/
Houghton College
http://www.houghton.edu/
Howard Payne University
http://www.hputx.edu/
John Brown University
http://www.jbu.edu/
King's College
http://www.kings.edu/
Lynchburg College
http://www.lynchburg.edu/
Manchester College
http://www.manchester.edu/
Marist College
http://www.marist.edu/
Mary Baldwin College
http://www.mbc.edu/
Messiah College
http://www.messiah.edu/
Midway College
http://www.midway.edu/
Millsaps College
http://www.millsaps.edu/
Mississippi College
http://www.mc.edu/
Missouri State University
http://www.missouristate.edu/
Morehouse College
http://www.morehouse.edu/
Mount St. Mary's College
http://www.msmc.la.edu/
Nazareth College of Rochester
http://www.naz.edu/
Nebraska Wesleyan University
http://www.nebrwesleyan.edu/
Niagara University
http://www.niagara.edu/
Ohio University
http://www.ohiou.edu/
Oral Roberts University
http://www.oru.edu/
Pepperdine University
http://www.pepperdine.edu/
Presbyterian College
http://www.presby.edu/
Princeton University
http://www.princeton.edu/
Ramapo College of New Jersey
http://www.ramapo.edu/
Regis University
http://www.regis.edu/
St. Bonaventure University
http://www.sbu.edu/
St. Francis College
http://www.sfcpa.edu/
St. John Fisher College
http://www.sjfc.edu/
St. Norbert College
http://www.snc.edu/
St. Olaf College
http://www.stolaf.edu/
St. Peter's College
http://www.spc.edu/
Seattle Pacific University
http://www.spu.edu/
Southwestern College
http://www.sckans.edu/
Spelman College
http://www.spelman.edu/
State University of New York College at Oneonta
http://www.oneonta.edu/
Stonehill College
http://www.stonehill.edu/
Texas Christian University
http://www.tcu.edu/
United States Air Force Academy
http://www.usafa.af.mil/
United States Military Academy
http://www.usma.edu/
United States Naval Academy
http://www.usna.edu/
University of Dayton
http://www.udayton.edu/
University of Mary
http://www.umary.edu/
University of Miami
http://www.miami.edu/
University of Notre Dame
http://www.nd.edu/
University of Oklahoma
http://www.ou.edu/
University of Portland
http://www.uofport.edu/
University of Richmond
http://www.urich.edu/
University of Scranton
http://www.uofs.edu/
University of St. Thomas
http://www.stthomas.edu/
University of Virginia
http://www.virginia.edu/
Viterbo College
http://www.viterbo.edu/
Wake Forest University
http://www.wfu.edu/
Washington and Lee University
http://www.wlu.edu/
Westmont College
http://www.westmont.edu/
Wheaton College
http://www.wheaton.edu/
Wilmington College
http://www.wilmington.edu/
Xavier University
http://www.xu.edu/
Yale University
http://www.yale.edu/