This chapter considers the design of incentive pay systems for teachers and principals and the challenges facing policy makers who seek to design them. The author argues that policy makers must direct the efforts of teachers and principals toward schools' mission--the acquisition of skills and knowledge among children--and must find ways to link…

A substantial body of literature considers excessive corruption an indicator of a weak state. However, in nondemocratic societies, corruption--whether informally approved, imposed, or regulated by public authorities--is often an indicator of a vertical power rather than an indicator of a weak state. This article explores the interrelations between…

Although the exponential growth of the Internet has made it easier than ever to carry out plagiarism, it has also made it much easier to detect. This paper gives an overview of the many different methods of detecting web-based plagiarism which are currently available, assessing practical matters such as cost, functionality and performance.…

In this article, the author explores the reasons why students engage in plagiarism. Students perceive plagiarism to be standard practice at their college. They believe that any means to a good grade are legitimate. He further asserts that students plagiarize in ways that are extremely easy to catch. They cut and paste without thinking to cover…

Student cheating has been the subject of much despair and considerable research in higher education. Although cheating is recognized as a concern for community colleges, little research examines cheating specifically in these institutions. Because community colleges typically serve students representing a wide diversity of ages, community college…

This 89-item, annotated bibliography was compiled to provide access to research and discussions of cheating and, specifically, cheating on tests. It is not limited to any educational level, nor is it confined to any specific curriculum area. Two data bases were searched by computer, and a library search was conducted. A computer search of the…

This study attempts to investigate the incidence of test cheating under various situation conditions. The highest incidence of cheating occurred in groups under the combination of conditions of low probability of test success, low risk of detection, and high test importance. (Author)

When correlations between actual university classroom cheating behavior (multiple-choice answer copying) and pretest estimates of success, confidence, and test importance were studied answer copying correlated positively with estimates of success. Confidence in these estimates of success also correlated positively with answer copying, while…

Study assesses the prevalence of on-line plagiarism and examines if and how Internet cheaters differ from those who cheat using more traditional methods. (Contains 26 references.) (GCP)

Faculty members faced with unethical behavior by students can be guided by an ethical decision-making framework to help them protect student and faculty rights and promote moral development. (Author)

An investigation of the relationship between the range and severity of academic dishonesty during undergraduate studies and that of dishonesty engaged in during employment revealed that subjects (n=60) who admitted to a wide range of academic dishonesty also admitted a wide range of work-related dishonesty. (Author/JOW)

Clinical cheating is one of the most devastating ways students can breach moral principles and its prevention should be a priority for nurse educators. Educators can promote the professional integrity of students by integrating moral development into all curricular efforts. (JOW)

Discusses how many students cheat in middle and high school mathematics classes and the reasons for cheating. Offers practices to prevent student cheating. Contains 19 references. (ASK)

Describes how colleges, frustrated by students who use the Internet to plagiarize, are going online to enable professors to fight back. Explains that plagiarism-detection software, available for several years, is increasing in use. (EV)