Toward a Model of Academic Integrity Institutionalization: Informing Practice in Postsecondary Education

The strategic choices facing higher education in confronting problems of academic misconduct need to be rethought. Using institutional theory, a model of academic integrity institutionalization is proposed that delineates four stages and a pendulum metaphor. A case study is provided to illustrate how the model can be used by postsecondary institutions as a stimulus for specifying points of change resistance and developing a common understanding of institutionalization challenges. This article bridges theory and practice in the academic integrity movement, questions assumptions about leadership of the process, and anticipates fresher approaches to examining the relationship between the teaching and research missions. Les etablissements d’enseignement superieur doivent reconsiderer leurs choix strategiques en matiere de manques a la probite intellectuelle. Cet article utilise la theorie institutionnelle pour proposer un modele d’institutionalisation de la probite intellectuelle, identifi ant quatre phases et utilisant une metaphore du pendule. Une etude de cas permet d’illustrer comment le modele peut etre mis en œuvre dans les institutions d’enseignement superieur. Les resultats observes encouragent la preparation de nouvelles etudes de cas qui identifi eront les sources de resistance au changement et faciliteront l’emergence d’une comprehension commune des diffi cultes a surmonter. L’article comble ainsi une lacune entre la theorie et la pratique au sein du mouvement pour la probite intellectuelle, interroge les presuppositions relatives au leadership de la demarche et anticipe de nouvelles approches quant a la relation entre les missions d’enseignement et de recherche.

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