Honor and Integrity System

Student Academic Dishonesty Survey Preliminary Report*

Legend:
KSU=Kansas State University
No CS=Not an Honor Code School
CS=An Honor Code School

What would you do if you saw another student cheating on a major test or examination? What would you do if you saw a friend cheating on a major test or examination? ( x )

% KSU
% No CS
% CS

Report cheaters
21 (4)
13 (2)
30 (6)

Ask cheater to report themselves
7 (21)
6 (10)
17 (23)

Express disapproval informally
16 (48)
21 (56)
14 (50)

Mention incident to other students
36 (7)
33 (7)
21 (3)

Ignore the incident
18 (19)
26 (23)
16 (16)

Other
2 (1)
1 (2)
2 (2)

If someone asked you for help during a test or exam, how would you respond?
If a friend asked you for help during a test or exam, how would you respond? ( x )

% KSU
% No CS
% CS

Give him/her the answer
0 (3)
2 (8)
1 (4)

Say nothing but expose their paper so he/she can copy the answer
4 (14)
7 (25)
3 (12)

Ignore or turn down the request
75 (59)
75 (46)
72 (54)

Express disapproval informally but not report him/her
13 (19)
12 (20)
19 (27)

Report him/her to the instructor or other appropriate authority
5 (1)
3 (1)
5 (2)

Other
3 (3)
1 (1)
1 (1)

% Students rating each statement "low" or "very low"

% KSU
% No CS
% CS

Competitiveness for grades
22
29
14

Student pressure to get good grades
17
13
11

Severity of penalties for cheating
15
18
12

Chances of getting caught cheating
49
48
49

Student understanding of policies
28
43
28

Faculty understanding of policies
5
10
9

Faculty support of policies
8
16
11

Effectiveness of policies
38
37
34

% Students who agree with the following statement:

% KSU
% No CS
% CS

Faculty members show little uniformity in addressing cheating
20
20
21

Faculty don't try hard to catch cheating
33
32
36

Cheating is a serious problem at KSU
15
19
23

I am bothered by cheating at my school
24
27
34

Judicial process is fair and impartial
44
37
52

Students should be held responsible for monitoring the cheating of others
38
32
53

Measure likely to be taken by faculty who suspects cheating on a major test or examination. Measure likely to be taken by faculty who suspects cheating on a major written assignment . The percentages for major written assignments are written in parentheses ( x ) .

% KSU
% No CS
% CS

Probably nothing
4 (2)
2 (1)
1 (1)

Reprimand the student and warn not to do again
9 (11)
6 (7)
5(6)

Make student retake exam or assignment
9 (19)
9 (12)
6 (9)

Fail student on exam or assignment
40 (36)
37 (42)
24 (34)

Fail student in the course
10 (18)
10 (14)
9 (9)

Report a student
26 (12)
31 (15)
50 (38)

Other
0 (0)
2 (2)
4 (2)

Measure likely to be taken by faculty if student is convicted of cheating on a major test or examination. Measure likely to be taken by faculty if student isconvicted of cheating on a major written assignment . The percentages for major written assignments are written in parentheses ( x ) .

% KSU
% No CS
% CS

Reprimand the student and warn not to do again
4 (5)
2 (2)
1 (1)

Make student retake exam or assignment
3 (5)
2 (4)
2 (4)

Fail student on exam or assignment
16 (33)
17 (30)
17 (30)

Fail student in the course
27 (20)
21 (20)
31 (28)

Put a written warning in file or place on probation
12 (14)
21 (16)
22 (17)

Suspend student from school
11 (9)
9 (8)
10 (6)

Expel student from school
20 (7)
14 (10)
8 (5)

Other
2 (2)
1 (1)
3 (4)

Don't know
5 (5)
14 (9)
7 (5)

% of students who have seen student cheating on a test or exam. % of students who have reported another student for cheating ( x ).

Cheating on test or exam
45 (6)
56 (5)
36 (6)

% of students admitting to one or more instances of each behavior.
% of students who think behavior is not serious cheating in parenthesis ( x ) .

% KSU
% No CS
% CS

Copying on test w/o other's knowledge
21 (24)
26 (32)
15 (17)

Copying on test w/ other's knowledge
17 (22)
20 (30)
8 (15)

Using unpermitted crib notes
13 (22)
17 (24)
12 (16)

Getting Q/A from someone who has taken a test
43 (57)
53 (72)
33 (49)

Helping someone cheat on a test
16 (20)
25 (35)
12 (22)

Cheating on a test in any other way
8 (30)
13 (37)
9 (22)

Copying material, almost word for word, from any source for one's own work
20 (33)
19 (27)
15 (26)

Fabricating or falsifying a bibliography
11 (48)
23 (56)
16 (56)

Turning in work done by someone else
6 (28)
8 (21)
5 (15)

Receiving substantial, unpermitted help on an assignment
24 (63)
26 (70)
23 (54)

Working on an assignment with others when the instructor asked for individual work
39 (76)
48 (84)
39 (70)

Copying a few sentences of material without footnoting them in a paper
45 (66)
45 (73)
36 (68)

Writing or providing a paper for another
9 (24)
15 (28)
5 (15)

Turning in a paper obtained from "paper mill" or web site
5 (30)
7 (32)
4 (24)

Plagiarizing a paper in any way using the Internet as a source
8 (38)
13 (36)
9 (30)

Copying a computer program as own
11 (35)
9 (35)
8 (24)

Falsifying lab or research data
25 (51)
22 (51)
28 (48)

% of students unlikely to report cheating incident:

Unlikely to report
67
80
52

% typical students unlikely to report cheating incident:

Unlikely to report
83
87
63

% students unlikely to report a close friend:

Unlikely to report
94
98
91

Major reasons student would have difficulty reporting:

Not my concern or responsibility
13
28
13

Don't want to be a "rat"/snitch
15
14
15

Don't want to get involved
6
9
7

Friend
5
4
11

% students with incorrect data on admissions application:

Incorrect data-admissions application
2
2
1

% students with incorrect data on financial aid application:

Incorrect data-financial aid
1
4
3

% students with incorrect data on resume:

Incorrect data-resume
3
4
1

Qualitative Student Comments

*Donald L. McCabe. 1999 Fall Semester Academic Dishonesty Survey Study conducted at Kansas State University.