WORLD NEWSGRAMS by James O. Henry Chairman, History Department, Biola College Survey Finds College Cheating More Common Than Believed T h e am o u n t o f a ca d em ic d is h o n e s ty in A m e r ic a n co lle g e s and u n i v e rs itie s is “ g r o s s ly u n d e r-e s tim a t e d ” b y stu d e n ts, s tu d e n t b o d y p r e s i d en ts a n d d ea n s, a c c o r d in g to a n a tio n w id e s u r v e y o f m o re th a n 600 d ea n s an d a b o u t 6 ,0 0 0 stu d e n ts in 99 in s titu tio n s a cro s s th e co u n try . T h e s u rv e y a lso fo u n d th e se t h in g s : O n ly a sm a ll p r o p o r tio n o f th o s e w h o ch e a t a re c a u g h t an d p u n is h e d ; th e ca u se s o f co lle g e c h e a tin g can b e tra ce d p a r tia lly to th e s tu d e n ts ’ h ig h sch o o l e x p e r ie n c e s ; co lle g e s th a t p e r m it th e stu d e n ts to dea l w ith a ca d em ic d is h o n e s ty a re less a p t to h a ve a h ig h level o f c h e a tin g th an th o s e w ith o th e r fo r m s o f c o n t r o l; c e r ta in , elem en ts th a t d e te rm in e th e q u a lity o f th e co lle g e— a sm a ll s tu d e n t b o d y o r a low fa c u lty -s tu d e n t ra tio n— a re a s s o cia te d w ith low le v els o f ch e a tin g . T h e ty p e s o f a ca d em ic d is h o n e s ty a b o u t w h ich th e stu d e n ts w e r e q u e stio n e d in clu d ed g e ttin g a n sw e rs o r q u e s tio n s fr o m o th e rs w h o h a d a lre a d y ta k e n th e e x am in a tio n ; c o p y in g fr o m a n o th e r stu d e n t o r fr o m “ c r ib n o te s ” d u r in g t e s t ; ta k in g a te s t f o r a n o th e r s tu d en t, an d p la g ia r iz in g fr o m p u b lish e d m a te ria l o r fr o m o th e r s tu d e n ts’ w o rk o r p a p ers. A t le a st h a lf th e stu d e n ts in th e sam p le h a d en g a g e d in som e fo r m o f a ca d em ic d is h o n e s ty d u r in g th e ir c o lle g e ca re e rs. T h is w a s th re e tim e s th e e s tim a te o f th e d e a n s ; tw o an d a h a lf tim e s as m a n y as th e s tu d e n t-b o d y p re s id e n ts h ad g u e s s e d ; an d tw ic e as m a n y as th e stu d e n ts h a d e stim a te d . Study In Michigan Finds 23% of Youth Drink Occasionally T w e n ty -th r e e p e r ce n t o f ju n io r an d s e n io r h ig h s ch o o l stu d e n ts q u e s tio n e d in a re ce n t stu d y in M ich ig a n a dm itte d d r in k in g som e a lco h o lic b e v e ra g e a t le a st o cca s io n a lly and 92 p e r ce n t sa id th e y h a d ta ste d a lcoh ol a t s om e tim e . T h e s e s ta tis tics a re in clu d ed in a b o o k , “ D r in k in g A m o n g T e e n -A g e r s ,” iss u e d r e ce n tly b y th e R u tg e r s C e n te r o f A lco h o l S tu d ie s. T h e a u th o rs , D r. G e o rg e L . M a d d o x o f D u k e U n iv e r s ity an d D r. B e v o d e C. M cC a ll o f W a y n e S ta te U n iv e r sity , b a se d th e ir b o o k o n an e x te n s iv e s t u d y o f d rin k in g p a tte rn s am o n g 1,962 te e n -a g e rs in a c om m u n ity o f 110 ,0 0 0 in M ich ig a n .
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