1. Please specify your gender. Male Female
2. WHAT IS YOUR RANK? PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE ADJUNCT PROFESSOR SENIOR LECTURER ASSISTANT LECTURER ADJUNCT LECTURER INSTRUCTOR TUTORIAL FELLOW GRADUATE LECTURER Other, please specify
3. IN WHAT DEPARTMENT DO YOU TEACH?
4. APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN TEACHING AT THE COLLEGE/ UNIVERSITY LEVEL?
5. If you were convinced, even after discussion with the student, that a student had cheated
on a major test or assignment in your course, what would you do: (Mark all that apply.)
Reprimand the student Lower the student’s grade Give the student a failing grade for the test or assignment Give the student a failing grade for the course Report the student to a Dean or disciplinary committee Report the student to the Honor/ethics Committee Nothing Other, please specify
6. Do you think some faculty at Your university/ college ignore incidents of cheating in their courses?
Yes No Can't Say
7. If you answered Yes to the previous questions, why do you think other faculty/ instructors ignore incidents of cheating or other forms of academic dishonesty?
8. How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
9. How would you rate the following:
10. In column one, please check the following disciplinary measures you think is most likely to be taken at Your university/ college if a student is found responsible for cheating on a major test/written assignment.
In column 2, please check what you think the penalty should be: (Make one selection in each column for each statement.)
Other, please specify
11. Students have different views on what constitutes cheating and what is acceptable behavior. We would like to ask you some questions about specific behaviors that some students might consider cheating.
Please check/mark two responses for each question, using the following scales.
In a typical academic year, how often do you observe any of the following behaviors in your class? How serious do you consider this form of cheating? Please select two answers per statement.
12. In the past two years, how often have you responded to incidents of cheating by taking the following actions? (Please check one response for each type of action.)
13. If you have referred a suspected case(s) of cheating to your Chair, the Dean of Students of your campus judicial/ disciplinary board, or someone else, please rate on the scale below, your level of satisfaction with the way the case(s) was handled?
Very High High Moderate Low Very Low Other, please specify
14. What safeguards do you employ to reduce cheating in your courses? (Please check all that apply.)
None, I do not use any special safeguards in my courses Ask for IDs before administering an exam Make copies of exams before returning them to students Use the Internet to confirm plagiarism Provide information on syllabus about cheating/plagiarism Change exams regularly Collect Blue Books, mark them, and redistribute them at the start of an exam Hand out different versions of an exam Discuss your views on the importance of honesty and academic integrity with your students Remind students periodically about their obligations under your school’s academic integrity policy Tell students about methods you will use to detect and deter cheating in your course Have students sit apart from each other during tests and examinations Other, please specify
15. What role do you think faculty/ lecturers/ instructors should play in promoting academic integrity and/or
controlling cheating in their courses?
16. Have you ever been affiliated with a school that has a traditional academic honor code? As a student As a faculty/ instructor/ lecturer Administrator Never Other, please specify
17. Do you think an Academic honor code would help create a climate of academic integrity at your college/ university? Yes No Not sure
18. Do you think the academic integrity policies your college/ university has currently are effectively implemented? Yes No Can't Say
19. Do you have any suggestions on how Your university/ college might improve its policies concerning issues of academic dishonesty or any additional comments you care to make?
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