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edge in a particular field of study. The goal of the Reed education is that students learn and demonstrate rigor and independence in their habits of thought, inquiry, and expression.

“The honor principle demands the respectful concern of each person for the other, and the exercise of conscionable judgment in all actions toward individuals and their property.”
—from Living with the Honor Principle, a Reed College document about our community’s guiding principle

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