Faculty and College Student Beliefs about the Frequency of Student Academic Misconduct

This study investigated faculty and college student beliefs concerning student academic misconduct. Faculty beliefs predicted efforts to prevent misconduct and efforts to challenge it. Student beliefs predicted frequency of misconduct. Faculty and students overestimated the extent of misconduct, students to a greater degree. Faculty who underestimated misconduct rarely challenged it.

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