16. HS cheating jumped from 58% to
97% from 1969 to 1989
80% of college-bound admit to
cheating / 95% don’t get caught
38% of HS and college students
report using Web to cheat
Center for Academic Integrity
28. “When students submit work purporting to be
their own, but which in any way borrows
ideas, organization, wording or anything
else from another source without
appropriate acknowledgement of the fact,
the students are guilty of plagiarism.”
University of Kentucky 1998
38. lazy
it’s easier to copy!
lack of time
work outside school, class load, home
situation
39. lazy
it’s easier to copy!
lack of time
work outside school, class load, home
situation
fear of failure
“my skills aren’t good enough, so only
way to pass the class”
43. competition / grades
scholarships, college admissions,
parental pressure
lack of knowledge
we shouldn’t assume
lack of enforcement
unclear & inconsistent policies, fear
51. “Breaking the Academic Honesty policy
is defined as any act in which a student
obtains or provides help on an
assignment that is to be completed
solely by the student. This can be
done in such ways as plagiarizing,
copying, using unauthorized devices or
any other act that is deemed to be
dishonest.”
