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Cheating With Honor, Christian A. Pfeiffer Jan 2008

Cheating With Honor, Christian A. Pfeiffer

Business and Economics Honors Papers

The intent of this paper is to understand what leads a student to cheat within the context of a small (enrollment below 2,000 students) liberal arts college. The development of a model will examine cheating from three categories highlighted in the literature: demographics, college culture, and the perception of cheating. Demographics capture relevant personal attributes of a student such as gender, GPA, and major. Cultural variables include variables for the presence of an honor code and participation in a sport or social organization, which provide that student with a unique cultural experience. Perception variables deal with the perceptions the students …

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Cross-Cultural Studies Of Implicit Theories Of Creativity: A Comparative Analysis Between The United States And The Main Ethnic Groups In Singapore, Suzanna J. Ramos Aug 2005

Cross-Cultural Studies Of Implicit Theories Of Creativity: A Comparative Analysis Between The United States And The Main Ethnic Groups In Singapore, Suzanna J. Ramos

Creative Studies Graduate Student Master's Theses

This thesis explored the extent of influence of culture on implicit theories of creativity among laypeople from the United States and Singapore, as well as the ethnic groups in Singapore - the Chinese, the Malays, and the Indians, in regard to adaptive and innovative styles of creativity as well as their own conceptions of creativity. A total of 523 participants were involved in this study. They comprised 139 participants from the United States and 199 participants from Singapore, 84 Chinese, 54 Malays, and 47 Indians. The participants completed the first part of a questionnaire that consisted of a ten-point scale …

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Who Owns Our Values? Back To School, John Strassburger Jan 2001

Who Owns Our Values? Back To School, John Strassburger

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This is the sixth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.

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Counting Quality, John Strassburger Jan 2000

Counting Quality, John Strassburger

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This is the fifth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.

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Transforming Experiences: The Benefits Of Intellectual Risk, John Strassburger Jan 1999

Transforming Experiences: The Benefits Of Intellectual Risk, John Strassburger

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This is the fourth in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.

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Education For Self-Reliance, Responsibility And Hope, John Strassburger Jan 1996

Education For Self-Reliance, Responsibility And Hope, John Strassburger

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This is the first in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.

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Typed Document: Lecture, Edna Louise Saffy Jan 1988

Typed Document: Lecture, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Credibility, homophily and power lecture notes , January 25, 1988. Several pages redacted due to copyright.

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Typed Document: Class Meeting Mcc 5935, Edna Louise Saffy Jan 1988

Typed Document: Class Meeting Mcc 5935, Edna Louise Saffy

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Class notes for MCC 5935, January 13, 1988.

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