Faculty Academic Dishonesty Survey Preliminary Report*
Legend:
KSU = Kansas State University
No CS = Not an Honor Code School
CS = An Honor Code School
What do you think the majority of Kansas State students would do if they saw another student cheating on a major test or examination? (Check one choice.)
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Report cheaters |
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Ask cheater to report themselves |
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Express disapproval |
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Tell others |
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Ignore the incident |
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Other |
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If someone asked a student for help during a test or exam, how do you think most Kansas State students would respond? (Please check one choice.)
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Give him/her the answer |
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Say nothing but expose their paper so he/she can copy the answer |
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Ignore or turn down the request |
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Express disapproval informally but not report him/her |
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Report him/her to the instructor or other appropriate authority |
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Other |
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How likely do you think that:
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Students are unlikely to report cheating |
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Students are unlikely to report a friend |
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How would you rate (options=very low, low, high, very high):
% Faculty rating each statement "low" or "very low"
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Competitiveness for grades |
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Student pressure to get good grades |
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Severity of penalties for cheating |
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Chances of getting caught cheating |
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Student understanding of policies |
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Faculty understanding of policies |
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Faculty support of policies |
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Effectiveness of policies |
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% Faculty who agree with the following statement:
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Faculty members show little uniformity in addressing cheating |
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Faculty don't try hard to catch cheating |
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Cheating is a serious problem at KSU |
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Judicial process is fair and impartial |
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Students should be held responsible for monitoring the cheating of others |
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Measure likely taken if student is convicted of cheating on a major test or examination. Measure likely taken if student is convicted of cheating on a majorwritten assignment. The percentages for major written assignments are written in parentheses (x) in red.
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Reprimand the student and warn not to do again |
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Make student retake exam or assignment |
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Fail student on exam or assignment |
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Fail student in the course |
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Put a written warning in file or place on probation |
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Suspend student from school |
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Expel student from school |
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Other |
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Don't know |
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Students have different views on what constitutes cheating and what is acceptable behavior. In a typical academic year, how often have you observed any of the following behaviors in your class. How serious do you consider this form of cheating? Data are given in % of faculty who answered observing one or more instances of each behavior. Data given for seriousness of cheating (%) are given in parentheses (x).
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Copying on test w/o other's knowledge |
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Copying on test w/ other's knowledge |
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Using unpermitted crib notes |
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Getting Q/A from someone who has taken a test |
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Helping someone cheat on a test |
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Cheating on a test in any other way |
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Copying material, almost word for word, from any source for one's own work |
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Fabricating or falsifying a bibliography |
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Turning in work done by someone else |
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Receiving substantial, unpermitted help on an assignment |
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Working on an assignment with others when the instructor asked for individual work |
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Copying a few sentences of material without footnoting them in a paper |
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Writing or providing a paper for another |
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Turning in a paper obtained from "paper mill" or web site |
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Plagiarizing a paper in any way using the Internet as a source |
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Copying a computer program as own |
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Falsifying lab or research data |
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In the past two years, which of the following actions have you taken in response to incidents of cheating?
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Changing a student's grade |
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Referring matter to appropriate authority |
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Referring matter to your Chair |
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Reprimanding the student |
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Other |
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Please explain your level of satisfaction with the handling of suspected cases of cheating that you have referred to your Chair, the Dean of Students, or someone else:
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Never reported |
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Satisfied |
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Very satisfied |
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Not satisfied |
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Other |
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What safeguards do you employ to reduce cheating in your courses?
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None, I do not use any special safeguards |
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Ask for IDs before administering an exam |
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Make copies of exams before returning them to students |
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Use the Internet to confirm plagiarism |
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Provide information on syllabus about cheating/plagiarism |
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Change exams regularly |
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Collect Blue Books, mark them, and redistribute them at the start of an exam |
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Hand out different versions of an exam |
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Discuss your views on the importance of honesty and academic integrity with your students |
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Remind students periodically about their obligations under your school's academic integrity policy |
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Tell students about methods you will use to detect and deter cheating in your course |
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Other |
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What role do you think faculty should play in controlling academic dishonesty in their courses (e.g., monitor classroom cheating, develop measures to protect against cheating)?
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Monitor/protect against |
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Be active |
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Set standards |
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Proctor |
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Other |
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Do you think an honor code does/would work?
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Does/would |
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Suggestions on how Kansas State might improve its policies concerning issues of academic dishonesty:
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Continue as is |
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Dialogue on issue |
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Implement clearer policy |
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Promulgate a code |
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Other |
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*Donald L. McCabe. 1999 Fall Semester Academic Dishonesty Survey Study conducted at Kansas State University.