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%

50

56

73

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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?