Academic Integrity--A Review and Case Study.

Autor/in	Dowd, Steven B.
Titel	Academic Integrity--A Review and Case Study.
Quelle	(1992), (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cheating; College Role; Community Colleges; Ethics; Integrity; Literature Reviews; Moral Values; Plagiarism; Policy Formation; School Policy; Teacher Influence; Teacher Role; Teacher Student Relationship; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prellen; Community college; Community College; Ethik; Integrität; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Plagiat; Politische Betätigung; Schulpolitik; Lehrerrolle; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
Abstract	Focusing on the role of the community college in promoting academic integrity, this paper provides a review of the literature and a case study describing the development of a relevant college-wide policy. First, a general overview of the role of colleges in promoting values is presented. Next, the literature review on cheating and plagiarism in colleges defines cheating and its consequences, looks at the grey areas, discusses why students cheat, and asks how community colleges, with primarily adult student bodies, can ensure acceptable values and behaviors. Practical suggestions for preventing cheating in the classroom are also provided, following which the case study, describing the activities of the Academic Standards Committee at Lincoln Land Community College (LLCC), in Springfield, Illinois, is presented. The case study reports on a survey of LLCC faculty to determine if academic dishonesty was a problem on the campus, and the debate surrounding the development of a policy statement which would encourage honesty, and provide guidelines for instructors that conform to higher education's standards. The paper concludes with recommendations proposing that: (1) the academic institution must be a role model; (2) faculty and colleges must teach students how and why not to cheat; (3) policies must empower both students and faculty; (4) policies must be adaptable to individual faculty member's and institution's needs; (5) the reasons students cheat must be examined; (6) the administration must support faculty; and (7) integrity should always be stressed over cheating. LLCC's survey instrument and academic integrity policy statement are appended. (MAB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC