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Factors That Influence Faculty Actions: A Study On Faculty Responses To Academic Dishonesty, Terry Coalter, Chi Lo Lim, Tekle Wanorie

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Persistent academic dishonesty has perplexed researchers who focus their studies on why students cheat. There are limited studies regarding the faculty perspective of this issue. This study explores factors that influence faculty action when faced with dishonesty or evidence of dishonesty. A questionnaire consisting of thirty-five items was sent to all 242 faculty members of a mid-size state university in the United States . The results of the study indicated that a majority of the respondents agree that dishonesty is a major problem, and they agreed that it is critical to take proactive measures to deter dishonesty; however, the respondents …