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McNabb, Lori; Somers, Patricia; Taylor, Zach – Journal of College and Character, 2023
Although postsecondary students' rate of academic dishonesty has been consistent over the last 50 years, the most significant increase in cheating has been in unpermitted collaboration. Given the changing learning environments necessitated by COVID-19, this study investigates how 12 college students at a highly selective Research 1 institution…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Learning, Homework, Cheating
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Johansen, Mikkel Willum; Goddiksen, Mads Paludan; Centa, Mateja; Clavien, Christine; Gefenas, Eugenijus; Globokar, Roman; Hogan, Linda; Merit, Marcus Tang; Nielsen, Soren Saxmose; Olsson, I. Anna S.; Poskute, Margarita; Quinn, Una; Santos, Júlio Borlido; Santos, Rita; Schöpfer, Céline; Strahovnik, Vojko; Wall, P. J.; Sandoe, Peter; Lund, Thomas Boker – International Journal for Educational Integrity, 2022
Plagiarism and other transgressions of the norms of academic integrity appear to be a persistent problem among upper secondary students. Numerous surveys have revealed high levels of infringement of what appear to be clearly stated rules. Less attention has been given to students' understanding of academic integrity, and to the potential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Integrity, Cheating
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Louie Giray; Jomarie Jacob; Valerie Encanto; Crisza Joy Mansilungan – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2026
Employing a qualitative research design utilizing semi-structured interviews we explored the motivations of Filipino undergraduate students who admitted to using generative AI (GenAI) to cheat in their writing. Using the theory of planned behavior as a theoretical framework this study, we found that students reframed GenAI cheating as a legitimate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Artificial Intelligence, Undergraduate Students, Cheating
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Chahna Gonsalves – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2025
This study examines the factors driving student non-compliance with AI use declarations in academic assessments at King's Business School, where 74% of students failed to declare AI usage despite declaration being a requirement of a mandatory coursework coversheet. Utilising the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) as a framework, the research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Behavior, Compliance (Psychology), Artificial Intelligence
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Jennifer Riad – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2023
Throughout the history of academics, cheating in various forms has coincided, evolving alongside university advancements. This paper explores the concept of academic dishonesty as a critical issue facing higher education in a modern context, establishes the cause of the problem, and concludes with potential solutions. The idea of academic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Cheating, Plagiarism
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Zhang, Yinxia; Yin, Hongbiao – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2020
This study addressed the neglected issue of the effects of peer influence and the cultural dimensions of individualism-collectivism on collaborative cheating. Survey data were collected nationwide from 2293 Chinese college students. The results revealed positive effects of peer influence on collaborative cheating attitudes and behaviours. Contrary…
Descriptors: Cheating, Cooperation, Peer Influence, Individualism
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Aljurf, Saladin; Kemp, Linzi J.; Williams, Paul – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Most previous studies of academic dishonesty have been conducted in North America and Europe, and have focused on the contextual, institutional, and individual factors that influence students' propensity to cheat. While such studies offer useful background and structure to this endemic problem, this study aimed to gain deeper insights into student…
Descriptors: Ethics, Cheating, Student Attitudes, Arabs
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Biswas, Ann E. – Journal of College and Character, 2013
Although most colleges strive to nurture a culture of integrity, incidents of dishonest behavior are on the rise. This article examines the role student development plays in students' perceptions of academic dishonesty and in their willingness to adhere to a code of conduct that may be in sharp contrast to traditional integrity policies.
Descriptors: Student Development, Integrity, College Students, Correlation
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Reisinger, Kelsy B.; Rutledge, Patricia C.; Conklin, Sarah M. – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
The role of beliefs about academic integrity in college students' decisions to use nonmedical prescription drugs (NMPDs) in academic settings was examined. In Spring 2012 the authors obtained survey data from 645 participants at a small, undergraduate, private liberal arts institution in the Northeastern United States. A broadcast e-mail message…
Descriptors: Ethics, Drug Use, Student Attitudes, College Students
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Ellahi, Abida; Mushtaq, Rabia; Khan, Mohammed Bashir – International Journal of Educational Management, 2013
Purpose: The worst scandals of the world's top companies have turned the attention of researchers towards the function of academic institutions in ethical training of future business leaders because the issue of dishonest behaviour of students becomes very severe, when they exercise the same practice at their place of work. Therefore, the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Student Behavior, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Geddes, Kimberly A. – Gifted Child Today, 2011
Gifted high school students are essentially absent in the research concerning academic integrity; however, over the past few years, educators of gifted students have noticed an increase in the occurrences of academic dishonesty among students in gifted classrooms (Abilock, 2009). This research may be analyzed to provide some insight into the…
Descriptors: Homework, Academically Gifted, Grade Point Average, Cheating
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Teodorescu, Daniel; Andrei, Tudorel – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
The purpose of this research was to examine student perceptions of academic integrity among faculty and peers at a sample of public universities in Romania. The study explores the factors that influence academic dishonesty among college students and compares the relative importance of faculty influences and peer influences on students' intent to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Student Behavior, Cheating
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Gallant, Tricia Bertram, Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2008
The historical examination of academic integrity in this monograph demonstrates that student academic conduct has always been strongly connected to faculty work, institutional structures, context, and organizational pressures. Student affairs professionals, faculty, and other campus constituents who have struggled with reducing academic misconduct…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Cheating, Learning Strategies, Integrity
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Dichtl, John – History Teacher, 2003
Articles about academic honesty seem either to begin with an example of egregious deceit in American schools or to claim that dishonesty is worse than ever. However great may be the forces influencing students to lie or cheat, educators, at all levels and in all settings, must push back by holding students accountable and by teaching about…
Descriptors: Integrity, History Instruction, Ethics, Ethical Instruction
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Hutton, Patricia A. – College Teaching, 2006
This article reviews the empirical evidence on college student cheating and places it in a context that combines economic theories of benefit/cost analysis and unobservable behavior with social network analysis of how widespread rule breaking can develop in an organization. The implications are that students cheat because the benefit/cost…
Descriptors: Cheating, College Students, Social Networks, Social Influences
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