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Gary Pavela is Director of Judicial Programs at the University of Maryland-College Park, and edits the national quarterly Synthesis: Law and Policy in Higher Education as well as its sister publication, Synfax Weekly Report--publications to which over 1,000 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada subscribe. He holds an M.A. in intellectual history from Wesleyan University, a law degree from the University of Illinois, and has been a Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Center for Behavioral Science and Law.

Pavela has worked as an attorney for the State University of New York--Central Administration, was a law clerk to the late Chief Judge Alfred P. Murrah of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and served as a faculty member for the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, D.C. (the training arm of the United States Courts).

Identified by the New York Times as an "authority on academic ethics," Gary Pavela is past President of the National Center for Academic Integrity, a consortium of universities that collaborate on academic integrity policies and procedures. He has been a consultant on legal issues and student conduct policies at many leading universities, including The California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, The University of California at San Diego, Rutgers University, Georgetown University, The United States Naval Academy, Lehigh University, and Colgate University.

In 1995 Pavela was awarded the American College Personnel Association "Tracy R. Teele Memorial Award" for "contributions to the area of judicial affairs and legal issues." In 1996 he received the "D. Parker Young Award" for "outstanding scholarly and research contributions in the area of higher education law and judicial affairs" from the Association for Student Judicial Affairs.


Three samples of Gary Pavela studies are available here. Click on the article desired.

Thinking About The Web Synfax Weekly Report, Week of July 15, 1996

Power of Association Defining Our Relationship With Students in the 21st. Century

Religion On Campus Does Religion Have a Role On Campus?

All contents Copyright 1996.