The provost’s office has established the Institutional Review Board to oversee projects that include human participants. “Its purpose is fairly simple — it’s to assure adherence to ethical standards at any research project that uses human subjects,” said Samuel Negus, director of program review and accreditation at Hillsdale College. The IRB will be concerned with...
The lack of institutional ethics review boards has prevented some Hillsdale College faculty and students from publishing their research. Based on recommendations from the biology department, the college is looking into establishing such review boards, said Chris VanOrman, dean of natural sciences and professor of chemistry. The Journal of Mammalogy refused to publish Associate Professor...