SCCS Appendix B: NASPA Benchmark Survey Pacific Student Results Summary
1. In response to the first question, Does Pacific have an Honor Code, 97.86% of students
at Pacific indicated that Yes, there is one in place; whereas 2.14% responded with I do
not know. Additionally, 0% of Pacific students reported No.
2. Question three asked if Pacific has a policy for notifying parents/guardians of policy
violations that involve alcohol. Responses from Pacific students included 52.54% said
yes, whereas 6.88% said no, and 40.58% reported I do not know.
3. Question six asked if Pacific has a peer student hearing/ judiciary panel. 83.21% of
Pacific students said yes. About 14.96% of Pacific students reported that they did not
know if there was one in place. Only 1.82% reported no.
4. Question eight asked for feedback on whether there were policies related to
electronically downloading/uploading copyrighted material. 87.64% of Pacific students
reported yes. Only 0.73% reported no. And 11.64% said they do not know.
5. Question 50 asked students if they have been informed about the academic integrity or
cheating policies at Pacific. Of the 270 responses, 95.56% reported yes, 1.85% reported
no and 2.59% indicated that they don’t remember.
6. Question 54 asks how much did you learn about the policies from the undergraduate
catalogue. 25.58% of Pacific students reported a lot, 58.14% reported some. 12.79% and
3.49% reported little and nothing respectively.
7. Question 54 asks how much did you learn about the policies during a workshop on
academic integrity. Of the 76 responses, 65.79% reported a lot, 25.00% some.
Additionally, 7.89% said little, and 1.32% reported nothing.
8. Question 67 asks students to indicate their level of agreement with the following
statement: “Faculty members change exams and assignments on a regular
basis.”30.04% of Pacific students strongly agree, 33.60% somewhat agree. 26.88% fell in
the category of neither agree nor disagree. 6.72% somewhat disagree and only 2.77%
strongly disagree.
9. Question 68 asks students how often in the past academic year have faculty or staff
members at Pacific discussed plagiarism with you. About 29.13% of Pacific students
reported more than 5 times , About 20.08% of Pacific students fell in the category of 4-5
times, whereas 30.31% reported 2-3 times. There was no significant difference between
the category of 1 time and never.
10. Question 70 asks how often in the past academic year has a faculty or staff member at
Pacific discussed with you the proper citation/ referencing of written sources. About
28.46% of Pacific students stated more than 5 times, with 24.11% reporting 4-5 times.
More Pacific students (28.06%) reported 2-3 times, whereas 11.46% and 7.91% said 1
time and never respectively.
11. Question 72 asks how often in the past academic year has a faculty or staff member at
Pacific discussed falsifying/ fabricating course lab data. About 10.76% of Pacific
students stated more than 5 times, with 9.96% reporting 4-5 times. More Pacific
students (16.73%) reported 2-3 times, whereas 9.96% and 52.59% said 1 time and never
respectively.
12. Question 73 asks how often in the past academic year has a faculty or staff member at
Pacific discussed falsifying/ fabricating research data. 15.54% reported more than 5
times. 10.36% reported 4-5 times. Additionally, 16.73% reported 2-3 times, and 10.76%
reported 1 time. Of the 251 respondents, the majority (46.61%) reported never.
13. Question 74 asks how frequently you think plagiarism on written assignments occurs at
Pacific. 2.35% stated never, 11.76% reported often. The majority of respondents
(52.55%) reported occasionally. Furthermore, 30.20% stated that it rarely occurred, and
only 3.14% reported that it never occurred.
14. Question 76 asks how frequently do you think cheating during tests or examinations
occur at Pacific. 3.14% stated always, 13.33% reported often. Most of the respondents
(41.18%) stated occasionally, with 34.90% reporting rarely. Additionally, 7.45% reported
never.
15. Question 77 asks how likely are you to cheat on an exam or assignment in the future.
There was little difference between those who reported very likely (0.39%) and
somewhat likely (1.18%). 9.02% reported that it would be somewhat unlikely. The
majority of respondents (89.41%) reported that it would be very unlikely that they
would cheat in the future.
16. Question 78 asks how likely are you to inappropriately share work in group
assignments. The smallest portion (1.96) reported very unlikely. 10.20% and 23.92%
reported somewhat likely and somewhat unlikely respectively. About 63.92% of Pacific
students fell in the category of very unlikely.
17. Question 79 asks how likely are you to plagiarize a paper in the future. 0.00% of Pacific
students reported very likely. There was little difference with those who reported
somewhat likely (0.39%). (5.12%) said that it was somewhat unlikely. The majority
(94.49%) reported that it was very unlikely.
18. Question 81 asks have you ever plagiarized on written assignments. Only 4.35%
reported yes, the other 95.65% reported no.
19. Question 82 asks have you ever inappropriately shared work in group assignments.
26.48% reported yes, with 73.52% reporting no.
20. Question 83 asks have you ever cheated during tests or examinations. Of the 253
respondents 9.88% stated yes and 90.12% stated no.
21. Question 84 asks students why did you cheat, plagiarize or inappropriately share work
in a group. The majority 14.13% reported I was under time constraints. The second most
common answers reported, I wanted to get a good grade in the course (13.04%) and I
was pressured from a friend that needed help (13.04%). Other responses with 7.61% in
each category stated that it was easy to cheat, I did not think I would get caught, and
what some consider cheating, I do not consider cheating.
22. Question 85 asks students how often you have seen another student cheat during a test
or examination at Pacific. 56.40% reported never. There was no significant difference
between those who stated 2-3 times and those who stated 1 time. There was also no
significant difference between those who stated 4-5 times and more than 5 times.
23. Question 86 asks do you know to report cheating. Of the 250 respondents 58% stated
yes, whereas 42% stated no.
24. Question 87 asks have you ever reported another student for cheating. 56.40% students
reported no and that they were not aware of the cheating. Of the 250 respondents, 96
(38.40%) stated they had not reported the cheating but were aware of it. Only 5.20%
stated yes.
25. Question 90 asks where the cheating occurred. More Pacific students (44.63%) said
cheating occurred during in-class exams. The second most common response with
25.99% was that cheating occurred on homework. Cheating on lab reports was also
10.73%. There was no significant difference between cheating on take home exams and
on course work.
26. Question 94 asks what the consequences of cheating were. 66.67% reported that they
failed the test/assignment. Whereas 0.00% reported that they were given a warning or
lower grade or failed the course. 33.3% stated other.
27. Question 96 asks students to please indicate how serious do you think copying from
another student during an exam is. More than half of students, 57.08%, reported
extremely serious, 28.33% reported very serious. 11.59% reported moderately serious.
There was no significant difference between slightly serious and not at all serious.
28. Question 97 asks students to please indicate how serious letting another student copy
answers off of me during an exam. The majority of students, 45.49%, reported it to be
extremely serious cheating. Others reports, very serious cheating (31.33%), moderately
serious cheating (16.31%), slightly serious cheating (5.58%) and not at all serious
(1.29%)
29. Question 98 asks students to please indicate how serious you think using a cheat sheet
during an exam. Exactly 50% of students stated that it is extremely serious cheating. ¼
of students reported very serious cheating. Other categories included, moderately
serious cheating (15.09%), slightly serious cheating (11.21%) and not at all serious
(6.90%)
30. Question 101 asks students to please indicate how serious you think getting a copy of
the questions for an exam ahead of time. Of the 230 respondents, 57.83% reported that
it is extremely serious cheating. 23.48% said that it is very serious cheating. Other
categories included, moderately serious cheating (12.61%), slightly serious cheating
(4.35%), and not at all serious (1.74%)
31. Question 102 asks students to please indicate how serious getting a copy of the answers
for an exam ahead of time is. A large majority of students, 78.60% reported that it is
extremely serious cheating. 14.41% that it was very serious cheating. Additionally,
5.24% reported that it was moderately serious cheating. There was no significant
difference between slightly serious cheating and not at all serious.
32. Question 103 asks students to please indicate how serious you think using old
unauthorized exams to study for an exam is. Only 15.22% stated it was extremely
serious cheating. There was no significant difference between very serious cheating and
slightly serious cheating. Additionally there was no significant difference between
moderately serious cheating and not at all serious.
33. Question 104 asks students to please indicate how serious you think impersonating a
friend in order to take an exam for him/her. 202 of the 230 respondents (86.70%) stated
it was extremely serious cheating. 20 students (8.58%) reported it as very serious
cheating. There was no significant difference between moderately serious cheating,
slightly serious cheating and not at all serious.
34. Question 105 asks students to please indicate how serious you think having a friend
pretend to be me to take an exam. These results were almost identical to the previous
question.
35. Question 106 asks students to please indicate how serious you think giving a fake
excuse for missing an exam. 21.46% reported that it is extremely serious cheating.
There is no significant difference between moderately serious cheating and very serious
cheating. Additionally, 20.17% stated it that it is slightly serious cheating. And lastly,
9.87% reported it to not at all be serious
36. Question 107 asks students to please indicate how serious you think writing a paper for
someone else to submit is. (59.91%) reported it to be extremely serious cheating. Other
categories included, very serious cheating (25.00%), moderately serious cheating
(11.21%), slightly serious cheating (3.02%) and not at all serious (0.86%)
37. Question 108 asks students to please indicate how serious they think selling a selfwritten paper to another student for submission is. (67.39%) stated that it is extremely
serious cheating. Other categories included, very serious cheating (18.26%), moderately
serious cheating (10.00%), slightly serious cheating (3.04%) and not at all serious
(1.30%)
38. Question 109 asks students to please indicate how serious you think buying a paper
online to submit is. The majority (76.62%) of students reported that it is extremely
serious cheating. Additionally, 14.72% reported that it is very serious cheating and
7.79% reported that it was moderately serious cheating. There was no significant
difference between slight serious cheating and not at all serious.
39. Question 110 asks students to please indicate how serious you think submitting the
same paper for two classes is. The majority (28.02%) reported it to be moderately
serious cheating. Less than that, 15.52% and 16.81% reported that it is extremely
serious cheating and very serious cheating respectively. Additionally, 18.53% reported
that it was slightly serious cheating and 21.12% thought that it was not at all serious.
40. Question 111 asks students to please indicate how serious you think copying directly
from a source (word for word) without citing is. More than half (50.86%) reported it to be
extremely serious cheating. Other categories included, very serious cheating (30.17%),
moderately serious cheating (12.50%), slightly serious cheating (4.74%) and not at all
serious (1.72%)
41. Question 115 asks students please indicate how serious you think signing another
student’s name on an attendance sheet is when he/she did not actually attend the
class/event. The majority (31.90%) of students reported it to be moderately serious
cheating. Other categories included extremely serious cheating (12.50%), very serious
cheating (18.10%), slightly serious cheating (23.71%) and not at all serious (13.79%).
42. Question 116 asks students to please indicate how serious you think having another
student sign my name on an attendance sheet when I did not actually attend the
class/event. These results were almost identical to the previous question with little to no
significant difference.
43. Question 117 asks students to please indicate how serious you think creating fake
research or lab data is. Of the 231 respondents, 88 (38.10%) reported it to be extremely
serious cheating. Other categories included, very serious cheating (22.51%), moderately
serious cheating (26.84%), slightly serious cheating (8.66%) and not at all serious
(3.90%)
44. Question 120 asks students to please indicate how serious you think changing a
response after a test, exam, etc. has been graded and then pointing out the “mistake” to
the professor. The majority of respondents, 54.31% reported it to be extremely serious
cheating. Other categories included, very serious cheating (30.17%), moderately serious
cheating (12.93%). There was no significant difference between slightly serious cheating
and not at all serious.
45. Question 123 asks students if they are a member of at least one student club or
organization this semester. 68.83% reported yes, whereas, 31.17% reported no.
46. Question 125 asks students if they are a member of a Greek organization. 31.03%
reported yes and 68.97% reported no.
47. Question 126 asks students if they are a member of an intercollegiate athletic team.
3.88% reported yes while the rest, 96.12%, said no.
48. Question 127 asks students to please indicate their current class standing. Of the 232
students, 23-27% in each category indicated that they were a freshman, sophomore,
junior or senior, showing that the survey is nicely distributed campus wide.
49. Question 136 asks students if you could start over again, would you go to Pacific. The
majority, 43.97%, stated they probably would. 33.19% stated they definitely would.
Other categories included, probably would not (8.19%), definitely would not (4.74%), and
9.91% were not sure.
50. Question 138 asks students how many hours to do you typically spend a week studying.
Of the categories listed, the majority, 26.61%, study 6-10 hours a week.
51. Question 140 asks students how many hours do you typically spend working for pay
each week. The majority of students, 39.39% reported that they did not work and thus
had 0 hours. The second highest report, 30.30% indicated that they work 1-10 hours.
21.21% stated 11-20 hours. There was no significant difference between 21-30 hours, 3140 hours and more than 40 hours.
52. Question 143 asks students what is your expected GPA for this semester. The majority,
46.12%, reported 3.5-4.0, while 46.12% reported 3.0-3.4. Additionally, 8.19% reported
2.5-2.9%. There was no significant difference between 2.0-2.4 and below 2.0.
53. Question 144 asks students if they are the first in their family to go to college. Of the
232 respondents, 29.31% reported yes, while 70.69% reported no.