Kansas State just implemented an Honor Code system this year. I'm
not sure what all the details are though (shame on me). You could check
out our K-State home page at www.ksu.edu. They may have some
helpful information there.
Nina
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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Helweg-Larsen wrote:
> Hi TIPsters
>
> Several faculty members would very much like to institute an honor code at our
> small liberal arts college (1000 students). However, first we need to convince
> the adminstration of all the wonderful consequences such an honor code would
> have (the faculty are supportive). I'm looking for research showing the
> positive consequences in terms of cheating and overall conduct. I've searched
> PsycInfo and only found a few relevant articles (listed below). Do you know of
> any others? What about articles or books outlining how honor codes are
> typically adminstered and enforced. Maybe I could even be so lucky that some
> of you have gone through this process at your school recently?!
>
> Thanks
>
> Marie
>
>
>
> Marie Helweg-Larsen
> Assistant Professor of Psychology
> Transylvania University
> Lexington, KY 40503
>
>
> TITLE Examining academic dishonesty policies.
>
> ABSTRACT Academic dishonesty policies appearing in the student catalogs of 110
> colleges and universities contained 1 or more of the following 8 themes:
> definition of academic integrity/statement of expectations for academic
> conduct, the reponsibility for academic dishonesty, definition(s) of dishonest
> acts, an honor code, procedures for handling suspected academic dishonesty, an
> honor committee, punishment, and the appeals process. Rigorous representatives
> of each theme were combined into a composite to help readers formulate or
> evaluate their academic dishonesty policies. ((c) 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights
> reserved)
>
> AUTHOR Weaver, Kenneth A.; Davis, Stephen F.; Look, Christine; Buzzanga,
> Victoria L.; et al
>
> AFFILIATION Emporia State U, KS, USA
>
> SOURCE College Student Journal. 1991 Sep Vol 25(3) 302-305
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> TITLE Academic dishonesty: The honor system and students' attitudes.
>
> ABSTRACT Examined the incidence of college cheating among 177 undergraduates
> at a university with a student honor system (HS) and compared the results with
> those of V. J. Haines et al (see record 1988-12171-001). Haines et al surveyed
> the incidence of cheating at a university without an HS. The relationships
> between Ss' attitudes toward the HS and their own personal code of honor (PCH)
> and Ss' PCH and their self-reported incidence of cheating were also examined.
> Data support the conclusion that the existence of an HS is associated with
> increased academic honesty: 23.7% of Ss under the HS reported cheating in any
> form, while 54.1% in the Haines et al study had cheated. ((c) 1999
> APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)
>
> AUTHOR May, Kathleen M.; Loyd, Brenda H.
>
> AFFILIATION U Virginia, USA
>
> SOURCE Journal of College Student Development. 1993 Mar Vol 34(2) 125-129
>
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>
> TITLE Academic dishonesty among males in college: A thirty year perspective.
>
> ABSTRACT Compares self-reported cheating among male college students from 2
> sets of data obtained 30 yrs apart: data from (1) W. J. Bowers (1964) and (2)
> D. L. McCabe (1992, 1993), and McCabe and L. K. Trevino (1993). The Bowers data
> were gathered from 5,422 students at 99 institutions and the McCabe data from
> 6,096 students at 31 schools. Nine primary cheating behaviors were found to be
> comparable between the 2 studies. In both studies, significantly lower levels
> of self-reported cheating were found at schools with honor codes. Despite
> recent news reports to the contrary, comparison of the 2 studies found no
> overall increase in self-reported cheating. A small but significant increase in
> self-reported test and exam cheating among honor code students and a rise among
> all students in unpermitted collaboration on written assignments was seen. ((c)
> 1999 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved)
>
> AUTHOR McCabe, Donald L.; Bowers, William J.
>
> AFFILIATION Rutgers U, Graduate School of Management, NJ, USA
>
> SOURCE Journal of College Student Development. 1994 Jan Vol 35(1) 5-10
>
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