Academic misconduct on college campuses is not a new challenge for higher education institutions but an old problem that has changed considerably. Student demonstrations of academic misconduct behaviors have evolved, making it difficult for institutions to consistently keep well-informed on how students cheat to effectively respond to violations…

Plagiarism is an equal opportunity transgression. Repercussions impact students and extend to faculty and their respective colleagues. Plagiarism sullies communities of scholars and thinkers, violates standards of excellence and integrity, and sets poor examples for future scholars. Its frequency lends to a certain evident but dangerous…

Academic dishonesty is a problem that educators face at all levels of education. Many studies have focused on researching academic dishonesty at four year colleges and universities, ignoring the community college. The purpose of this study was to examine the self-reported attitudes and behaviors of generational students towards academic integrity…

The purpose of the study is to identify best practice initiatives that contribute to academic integrity and reduce scholastic dishonesty in higher education. Chief academic affairs officers (CAOs) or provosts at four year public and private colleges/universities and community colleges in the United States were surveyed. Four initiatives were found…

Two trends in marketing higher education include (a) growing opportunities for intercultural encounters in the classroom and (b) a growing concern about student academic honesty. Research regarding the relationship between specific cultural measures and academic honesty is sparse in the context of marketing and business programs in higher…

This list of best practice strategies is based on "Institutional Policies/Practices and Course Design Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity in Online Education," produced by WCET (WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies) in February 2009 and updated in April 2009. In May 2009, the Instructional Technology Council (ITC) surveyed…

A survey of university business professors focused on their use of individual assignments in courses and their views on cheating and its impact on student learning. Based on responses from 456 professors (37% response rate) from Ontario, Canada, it was concluded that most faculty believe that individual assignments are effective learning tools and…

Surveyed undergraduates (N=300) to gain an appreciation of the collusion rate of college students in science classes. Reports that 83% of the respondents had cheated in science sometime in their lives, the vast majority had shared homework answers, and over three quarters of the students admitted to cheating on large exams and major projects.…

This study of National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) institutional members (n=294) examines professional preferences for educationally and legally sound procedures to manage academic misconduct. Based on the results, a model policy is provided as a benchmark of current thought against which academic institutions may…

A survey of 243 predoctoral students at the New Jersey Dental School investigated attitudes about specific cheating behaviors, such as copying on examinations and forging attendance list signatures. Responses indicated that students felt cheating was generally not justifiable but also suggested that students might benefit from ethics courses. (MSE)

Students at a large private medical school were surveyed concerning the appropriateness of traditional cheating behaviors and behaviors related to professional misconduct and dishonesty in patient care. They also rated the acceptability of various rationalizations for these behaviors. (Author/MLW)

An experiment in which a medical school's behavioral sciences midterm and final examinations were unproctored and corresponding physiology and neuroscience exams were proctored found, by anonymous questionnaires, that more behavioral science students cheated or observed cheating, while only two reported it officially. (MSE)

Academic cheating behavior by university students was surveyed using the randomized response technique and by conventional anonymous questionnaire methods. Underreporting is concluded to be a serious problem with anonymous questionnaires. (Author/MLW)

Presents the results of a survey of 194 faculty and 314 undergraduate students regarding their experience with academic misconduct. Findings include the following: faculty and students differed significantly in their definitions of 24 of the 36 described behaviors, and 82 percent of the surveyed undergraduate students admitted to engaging in some…

A survey of medical students at the University of California-Irvine, California College of Medicine regarding their views on the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the problem of fraud and abuse in these programs is reported. Explanations for fraud and abuse focused on physicians' attitudes and motivations. (Author/MLW)