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Faculty and College Student Beliefs about the Frequency of Student Academic Misconduct
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 77, Number 6, November/December 2006
- pp. 1058-1080
- 10.1353/jhe.2006.0048
- Article
- Additional Information
This study investigated faculty and college student beliefs concerning student academic misconduct. Faculty beliefs predicted efforts to prevent misconduct and efforts to challenge it. Student beliefs predicted frequency of misconduct. Faculty and students overestimated the extent of misconduct, students to a greater degree. Faculty who underestimated misconduct rarely challenged it.