Addresses the issue of student cheating in undergraduate programs. Discusses the role of student-managed honor systems in addressing this problem. (JRH)

Reports on a survey designed to study four aspects of academic misconduct: (1) the prevalence of academic misconduct; (2) perceptions of what constitutes academic misconduct; (3) views regarding causal factors; and (4) punitive measures appropriate in an instance of academic misconduct. Proposes recommendations to enhance student awareness and…

Explains the problems associated with the current ways cheating situations are handled. Offers suggestions to administrators to assist in lowering the likelihood of these events occurring. Feels that knowledge of academic misconduct rules and due process is essential for faculty. (PA)

Discusses ethics and student assessment in distance education, focusing on strategies for minimizing academic dishonesty in online student assessment. Topics include acknowledging the disadvantages of online assessment and overcoming them; designing an effective, cheat-proof online assessment; keeping online courses current; and providing students…

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.…

Examined relationships between academic dishonesty and students' attitudes toward honor system, students' personal code of honor, and other variables. Findings from 177 college students supported conclusion that existence of an honor code is associated with increased academic honesty. Honor system and cheating, however, appeared to have more…

Examines the sources and kinds of help that students who were required to participate in science fairs considered fair and reasonable, and the kinds of help they actually received for their projects. Confirms the previously reported gap between potential and actual sources and kinds of help. Indicates that pressure of time was the most highly…

A survey of 197 deans/chairs (40% response) and 160 nursing faculty (32% response) found that about half of both groups acknowledged cheating was a problem; 98% have formal misconduct policies; and incidents included cheating and plagiarism in classrooms and falsified documentation and faked home visits in clinical settings. (SK)

Assesses the acceptability of various behaviors including cheating behaviors and their prevalence during medical school training. Involves second and fourth year medical students in the study and reports behaviors of altering or manipulating data and falsifying references or a bibliography. (Author/YDS)

Research shows that cheating is a common problem among all groups of U.S. students, but schools with honor codes and teachers who discuss cheating have lower incidences of cheating. Parents have a role in influencing their children's academic honesty. Practical strategies include discussing virtues, providing heroes, catching the student being…

Provides English teachers with some suggestions on ways to counter growing problem of students cheating on writing assignments by copying or buying papers available over the Internet. (PKP)

This article gives tips on how to avoid having content stolen by plagiarists. Suggestions include: using a Web search service such as Google to search for unique strings of text at the individuals site to uncover other sites with the same content; buying a infringement-detection program; or hiring a public relations firm to do the work. There are…

In the UK, there is great concern about the perceived increase in plagiarized work being submitted by students in higher educations. Although there is much debate, the reasons for the perceived change are not completely clear. Here we present the results of a 2-year trial of the JISC Plagiarism Detection Service (PDS) involving hundreds of…

More and more families are willing to go to any lengths to get their children into the right schools, even if it means crossing the line between right and wrong. Boundary hopping--falsifying residency status to attend a particular school--has been around for years. In a handful of states, it has been alleviated by open enrollment, choice programs,…

Middle- and upper-middle-class students continue to outpace those from less privileged backgrounds. Most attempts to redress this inequality focus on the issue of access to financial resources, but as "Producing Success" makes clear, the problem goes beyond mere economics. In this eye-opening study, Peter Demerath examines a typical suburban…