ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: A Zero Tolerance Professor and Student Registration Choices

Authors: Levy, Elliott S.; Rakovski, Carter C.

Source: Research in Higher Education, Volume 47, Number 6, September 2006 , pp. 735-754(20)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

College and university faculty and administrators are responsible for constructing academic honesty policies and communicating them to students. This is often attempted through institutional honesty policies and university-wide honor codes. While these approaches have been widely researched, less attention has been given to the role of individual faculty members. That role is examined in this study by addressing student reactions to professors based on their academic honesty policies. In addition to demographic information, data were gathered about student attitudes and beliefs concerning academic dishonesty and their decision to enroll in or avoid a course being taught by a professor with zero tolerance for academic dishonesty. The findings regarding different instructors' approaches toward academic dishonesty indicate that an intolerant policy will keep dishonest students away, but at a price—it will also detract many honest students.

Keywords: academic dishonesty; honor codes; cheating

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11162-006-9013-8

Affiliations: 1: Email: elevy@bentley.edu

Publication date: 2006-09-01