With Honor and IntegrityAlpha Chi and
Academic Honesty
Honor
•. . . for academic achievement
Honor
•. . . for academic achievement
•. . . for good character
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Academic Honesty
Center for Academic Integrity
Research byDr. Don McCabe
Don McCabe’s Research on Cheating in Colleges
75,000 students at 125 institutions over several years
Self-reported data using paper and now online survey
2001-02 data below is typical
What is Regarded as Cheating
Students FacultyTest copying and crib notes 90% 98%
Plagiarism 91 98
Unauthorized collaboration 29 82
Written cut and paste 55 79
Internet cut and paste 56 81
Use of paper mills 91 98
44% of faculty say they have ignored cheating.
52% have never reported cheating to anyone else.
In the past year, engaged in cheating one to three times:
1. Serious Test Cheating (copying, crib sheets, etc.)
2. Serious Written Cheating (not one’s paper, cut and paste from Internet, etc.)
3. Serious Cheating (items 1 and 2 combined)
4. All Cheating (item 3 plus three lesser types of cheating, such as copying homework)
5. Repeat Cheating (more than three incidents)
23%
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56
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Students Reporting Greater Levels of Cheating
• Business and Communication majors
• Males (especially on tests)
• Students with low GPAs and high GPAs
• Fraternity and sorority members, athletes
Institutional Factors
• Cheating is the campus norm.
• The school has no honor code or honor system.
• Students feel that faculty don’t care and there’s little chance of getting caught.
• Even if cheaters are caught, penalties are not severe.
Student Reasons for Cheating
• Time pressures
• Fear of failure; pressure to do well
• Disrespect for required courses
• Meaningless assignments
• Professors with inadequate teaching skills
“Doing the Right Thing”
Saturday morning workshop, 7:30
Generating ideas of chapter activities to promote academic integrity on campus
Does my campus have a climate or culture of academic
integrity?
How can my chapter collaborate with other honor societies on
campus?
How can we be proactive?
How can we be reactive in a positive way?