9,000 Freshmen, One Common Foundation: Academic Integrity Joe Buenker, Leslee Shell & Julie Tharp LOEX 36th National Conference Academic Integrity @ ASU • Spring/Summer 2007: ASU Libraries developed an academic integrity module for the new ASU 101 course • ASU 101 – freshman-level – mandatory course ASU Campuses • 4 campuses • 8 libraries • 60,000+ students “One University in Many Places” • Increasingly students take courses on two or more campuses over ASU career • Single university accreditation • Single university governance/Senate • Increased collaboration Unified Curriculum ASU 101 vs. FYE University Success Course FYE: • Coordinated by University Academic Success Program • Taught by graduate students • Not required for all freshmen • Colleges not participating have little or no awareness of course content ASU 101: • Coordinated by the University Provost’s Office • Taught by administrators, faculty and advisors • Required of 9,000+ freshmen • All colleges and departments participate How We Got Involved • • • • Task force: curriculum planning Model syllabus Expert teams Instructional design support Academic Integrity Expert Team • 2 librarians from Tempe campus • 3 librarians from West campus • 1 instructional designer • 2 month timeline • Weekly meetings Structure of ASU 101 • • • • Hybrid format 5 week course 1.5 hours/week in-class time Administered through Blackboard ASU 101: Module Standards • For continuity, each module must have: – Introductory activity that facilitates learning – “Overview” • PowerPoint and Macromedia Breeze narration – Discussion board questions – Assessment / quiz Academic Integrity Issues in Higher Education • Not a new phenomenon • Different findings regarding prevalence and frequency • Not just plagiarism • Large body of literature • Relies on self-reported behavior Large-Scale Surveying • Prof. Donald McCabe of Rutgers • Center for Academic Integrity (Clemson U) • 80,000+ students and 12,000+ faculty • 83 American and Canadian institutions (McCabe, Trevino and Butterfield, 2001) Academic Dishonesty Over Time • Serious test cheating • Serious cheating on written work • All cheating (McCabe, Trevino and Butterfield, 2001) 1963 1993 39% 65% 64% 66% 75% 82% Factors at Play • Students: – behaviors determines frequency of misconduct • Faculty: – behaviors can deter misconduct (use of plagiarism detection tools, use of proctors during exams, etc.) • Institutional Culture: – Student Code of Conduct – Honor Code (Hard, Conway and Moran 2006) Why Do Students Cheat? • • • • Ignorance Not invested in learning Situational ethics Low risk of detection (Auer and Kupar, 2001) What Students Say • • • • Time pressures (stress) Ease of cut-and-paste plagiarism Low risk of detection Dislike for the class or professor (Lester and Diekhoff, 2002) • Peer behavior (situational ethics) (McCabe, Trevino and Butterfield, 2001) Who Cheats? • High school students cheat at higher rate. • Majority of high school cheater continue to cheat in college. • Cheating is more widespread at larger university campuses. • High cheating rates among sororities / fraternities and college athletics. (Miller, Murdock, Anderman and Poindexter 2007) Major U.S. Plagiarism Studies I • College students and print sources 1964 = 43% (Bowers) 2003 = 40% (Hansen) Major U.S. Plagiarism Studies II • High school students and print sources 1985 (California) = 51% 1989 (Georgia) = 76% • Internet Plagiarism 2001 (high school) 2003 (college) = = 52% 38% (Hansen 2003) Blackboard Module Narrated PowerPoint (Breeze) • https://www.asu.edu/courses/asu101/breeze/ academic_integrity_intro/index.htm Academic Honesty / Dishonesty Survey • ACTIVITY: Decide if the behaviors described in the scenarios are honest or dishonest Secondary Learning Objective: Avoiding Plagiarism • Avoiding plagiarism handout • Test your understanding • Discussion ASU 101 Evaluations: W.P. Carey College of Business • Discovering Campus Resources and Academic Advising: Very, Somewhat Helpful – 83% Not Helpful – 16% No Response – 1% • Academic Success / Integrity: Very, Somewhat Helpful -79% Not Helpful – 20% No Response -1% • Getting Involved on Campus: Very, Somewhat Helpful – 77% Not Helpful – 22% No Response – 1% • Managing Time Effectively, Study Skills: Very, Somewhat Helpful – 73% Not Helpful – 22% No Response – 5% • Stress Management: Very, Somewhat Helpful – 66% Not Helpful – 27% No Response – 7% Next Steps: Library Module 2 for ASU 101 • 3 librarians and 1 instructional designer currently developing a second module • Focus of Module: – Locations, services and collections of ASU Libraries – Relevance and importance of academic libraries in the Google Era References I • Auer, N.J. & Kupar, E.M. (2001). Mouse click plagiarism: The role of technology in combating plagiarism and the librarian’s role in combating it. Library Trends, 49(3): 415-432. • Hansen, B. (2003). Combating plagiarism. CQ Researcher, 13(2): 773-796. • Hard, S.F., Conway, J.M., & Moran, A.C. (2006). Faculty and student beliefs about the frequency of student academic misconduct. The Journal of Higher Education, 77(6): 10581080. • Lester, M.C. & Diekhoff, G.M. (2002). A comparison of traditional and Internet cheaters. Journal of College Student Development, 43(6): 906-911. References II • McCabe, D.L., Trevino, L.K., & Butterfield, K.D. (2001). Cheating in academic institutions: A decade of research. Ethics and Behavior, 11(3): 219-232. • Miller, A.D., Murdock, T.B., Anderman, E.M. and Poindexter, A.L. (2007). Who are all these cheaters? Characteristics of academically dishonest students (pp. 9-32). In Anderman and Murdock. Recommended Sources • Anderman, E.M., & Murdock, T.B. (eds.). (2007). Psychology of academic cheating. Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier Academic Press. http://www.elsevierdirect.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780123725417 • ASU Libraries. Academic integrity & plagiarism. http://library.west.asu.edu/refguides/integrity/ • The Center for Academic Integrity, Rutland Institute for Ethics, Clemson University. http://www.academicintegrity.org/ • Stern, L. (2007). What every student should know about avoiding plagiarism. New York: Pearson/Longman. http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/0,,0321446895,00%2benUSS_01DBC.html Questions?