In this Book
- Cheating in College: Why Students Do It and What Educators Can Do about It
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
summary
With academic dishonesty on the rise, this book explains why students cheat, how to foster integrity, and why it matters.Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders, and the college years are a critical period for their development of ethical standards. Cheating in College explores how and why students cheat and what policies, practices, and participation may be useful in promoting academic integrity and reducing cheating.The authors investigate trends over time, including internet-based cheating. They consider personal and situational explanations, such as the culture of groups in which dishonesty is more common (such as business majors) and social settings that support cheating (such as fraternities and sororities). They also focus on how faculty and administrators are increasing their efforts to promote academic honesty among students. Orientation and training sessions, information on college and university websites, student handbooks that describe codes of conduct, honor codes, and course syllabi all define cheating and establish the consequences.Based on the authors’ multiyear, multisite surveys, Cheating in College quantifies and analyzes student cheating to demonstrate why academic integrity is important and to describe the cultural efforts that are effective in restoring it.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9781421407562
Related ISBN(s)
9781421407166, 9781421424019
MARC Record
OCLC
830023563
Pages
240
Launched on MUSE
2012-11-02
Language
English
Open Access
No