Office of Institutional Research
The Academic Integrity Survey (2010) The results of this survey are based on 174 faculty and 1606 student, respectively, respondent participants SUMMARY OF RESULTS Faculty Although faculty believe the prevalence of cheating is high, and is a serious problem on campus, it is under-reported by faculty with the main reason given as ‘lack of proof’. Nearly half the faculty felt the effectiveness of the current policy was low or very low and were unsure if the Investigation of suspected cheating is fair. Students At substantial proportion of students were aware that cheating was occurring at high levels particularly in the area of inappropriate sharing in group assignments and cheating and plagiarism. Nearly half were unsure whether cheating was a serious problem. However, students were unlikely to report an incident of cheating especially if it was done by a close friend. They also believed that faculty reported incidents of cheating at a higher rate than indicated by faculty themselves. Half of students did not believe they should be monitoring each other’s integrity with about a fifth of students unsure on this issue. Half of students were unsure if the investigation of suspected cheating was fair. Students rated the current policy effectiveness much higher than did faculty.