Cheating: Is Academic Dishonesty Par for the Course?.

Meade, Jeff

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ERIC Number: EJ449186

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Cheating: Is Academic Dishonesty Par for the Course?

Meade, Jeff

Prism, v1 n7 p30-32 Mar 1992

Reports the results of a survey sent to 15,000 students at 31 top-ranked universities asking students in engineering, business, science, and the humanities if they had cheated during their college career. From the 6,000 responses, business students ranked the highest with 87 percent, engineering 74 percent, science 67 percent, and humanities 63 percent. (KR)

Descriptors: Cheating, Codes of Ethics, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Plagiarism, School Surveys, Science Education, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - General

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Language: English

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Note: Journal availability: American Society for Engineering Education, Suite 200, 11 Dupont Circle, Washington, DC 20036.