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With Honor and Integrity

With Honor and Integrity. Alpha Chi and Academic Honesty. Honor. . . . for academic achievement. Honor. . . . for academic achievement . . . for good character. C H A R S C H O L A R S H I P C T E R A cademic Honesty. Center for Academic Integrity Research by Dr. Don McCabe.

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With Honor and Integrity

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  1. With Honor and Integrity Alpha Chi and Academic Honesty

  2. Honor • . . . for academic achievement

  3. Honor . . . for academic achievement . . . for good character

  4. CHARS C H O L A R S H I PCTERAcademic Honesty

  5. Center for Academic IntegrityResearch byDr. Don McCabe

  6. 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

  7. What is Regarded as Cheating Students Faculty Test 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.

  8. Serious Test Cheating (copying, crib sheets, etc.) Serious Written Cheating (not one’s paper, cut and paste from Internet, etc.) Serious Cheating (items 1 and 2 combined) All Cheating (item 3 plus three lesser types of cheating, such as copying homework) Repeat Cheating (more than three incidents) 23% 50 56 73 8 In the past year, engaged in cheating one to three times:

  9. 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

  10. 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.

  11. Student Reasons for Cheating • Time pressures • Fear of failure; pressure to do well • Disrespect for required courses • Meaningless assignments • Professors with inadequate teaching skills

  12. “Doing the Right Thing” Saturday morning workshop, 7:30 Generating ideas of chapter activities to promote academic integrity on campus

  13. Does my campus have a climate or culture of academic integrity?

  14. How can my chapter collaborate with other honor societies on campus?

  15. How can we be proactive?

  16. How can we be reactive in a positive way?

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