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The Impact Of Honor Codes And Perceptions Of Cheating On Academic Cheating Behaviors, Especially For Mba Bound Undergraduates, Heather M. O'Neill, Christian A. Pfeiffer Jul 2011

The Impact Of Honor Codes And Perceptions Of Cheating On Academic Cheating Behaviors, Especially For Mba Bound Undergraduates, Heather M. O'Neill, Christian A. Pfeiffer

Business and Economics Faculty Publications

Researchers studying academic dishonesty in college often focus on demographic characteristics of cheaters and discuss changes in cheating trends over time. To predict cheating behavior, some researchers examine the costs and benefits of academic cheating, while others view campus culture and the role which honor codes play in affecting behavior. This paper develops a model of academic cheating based on three sets of incentives - moral, social and economic—and how they affect cheating behaviors. An on-line survey comprising 61 questions was administered to students from three liberal arts colleges in the USA in spring 2008, yielding 700 responses, with half …


First Year Versus Second Year Retention Of College Students: A Case Study, Heather M. O'Neill Jan 2000

First Year Versus Second Year Retention Of College Students: A Case Study, Heather M. O'Neill

Business and Economics Faculty Publications

Students and their families expend much time, effort and money researching which colleges or universities will best suit the students' needs. Simultaneously, institutions desire to find the cohort of students who will succeed at their schools. Recently, faced with more stringent economic constraints, schools are not only seeking students likely to succeed, but are more aware of the financial burden placed on schools if attrition is high. Since the cost of recruiting a class has risen over the years, the cost of losing students has increased. As a result, institutions are more interested in engaging in student retention studies to …


The Grizzly, October 2, 1987, Jean M. Kiss, Peggy Hermann, Michelle L. Grande, Richard P. Richter, Kevin Murphy, Lora L. Hart, Vince Leskusky, Jill Theurer, Matt Weintraub, Ed Wentzel, Steve Gall Oct 1987

The Grizzly, October 2, 1987, Jean M. Kiss, Peggy Hermann, Michelle L. Grande, Richard P. Richter, Kevin Murphy, Lora L. Hart, Vince Leskusky, Jill Theurer, Matt Weintraub, Ed Wentzel, Steve Gall

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Academic Standards Set • Potential Pledges Prepare for New State Policy • Student Accosted on Main St. • Letters: Call to Remember Yom Kippur; Paint This!; Response to Student Apathy • What's a Bork? Find out! • Graduate Study Abroad Offered • Ursinus is Everywhere • Super Sunday's Last Chance • Dance Forum Gets Down • Bears Won! • Bears Set Spikes • Soccer's Record: 4-3 • Hockey Handed First Setback • Bear Pack Continues Winning • Waged War Won by Phils • O'Donohue Claims Honors • Concert Benefit Scheduled • Dated Parties Hosed • No Lapse in New Floyd


The Grizzly, September 26, 1980, Thomas A. Reilly, Barbara Foley, Diane Niemy, Jennifer Bassett, Susan Colaiezzi, Leah Whitman, Alan F. Miller, Elizabeth P. Harp, Melissa Hanlon, Jean Morrison, Marion Crowell, David Garner, Sharon Stiles, Richard P. Richter Sep 1980

The Grizzly, September 26, 1980, Thomas A. Reilly, Barbara Foley, Diane Niemy, Jennifer Bassett, Susan Colaiezzi, Leah Whitman, Alan F. Miller, Elizabeth P. Harp, Melissa Hanlon, Jean Morrison, Marion Crowell, David Garner, Sharon Stiles, Richard P. Richter

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Equipment Stolen From New Ritter Center • Conversion Eases Skyrocketing Utility Costs • Dean's Office Discloses Frat GPAs • New Windows for NMD • New Spanish Lecturers Interviewed • IF, USGA to Sponsor Fall Picnic • Anderson Addresses College Crowd At Phila. Rally • College Invaded By World Of Technology • Draft Registration Closely Examined • Campus Grounds Receive Face Lift • Hamilton Presents Astronomy Discoveries • Try-outs for "Trial by Jury" • Weekends at Ursinus • Harriers Place 2nd At Lafayette Invitational • Grizzly Football Handled By W. Maryland • Sports Profile: Craig Walck • Field Hockey Finishes Week …