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Full-Text Articles in Education
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
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 …
Strivers And Underachievers: Effects On First Year College Grades And Retention, Heather M. O'Neill
Strivers And Underachievers: Effects On First Year College Grades And Retention, Heather M. O'Neill
Business and Economics Faculty Publications
In 1999, the Educational Testing Service created a Strivers Index where students who scored 200 points higher than expected on the SAT exam, based on their socioeconomic background, were called Strivers. Similarly, an Underachiever is a student who scores 200 below expected on the SAT. The presumption is that tagging a student as Striver or Underachiever will assist admissions offices in selecting the students. How Strivers and Underachievers perform in their first year academically and their college persistence patterns are examined in this paper.
First Year Versus Second Year Retention Of College Students: A Case Study, Heather M. O'Neill
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
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
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 …