McCabe-ICAI Academy Integrity Surveys
ICAI member institutions are invited to participate in the largest surveys of academic integrity in the world.
The surveys include items designed to help faculty and administrators improve the academic integrity culture on our campuses and online.
Determine rates of academic misconduct
Assess the climate of integrity
Understand student and faculty perspectives
Implement one or both surveys on your campus to...
- Gain actionable information straight from students (or from students and faculty)
- Compare your institution with other similar schools
- Set a baseline for evaluating future changes
Background
In the early 1990s, Dr. Donald McCabe, of Rutgers University, conducted scholarly and assessment research into academic dishonesty. He surveyed students and faculty about their attitudes toward and actions regarding misconduct such as cheating, plagiarism, and unauthorized collaboration. This work was a major influence on the scholarly literature about academic integrity and was of great use to the dozens of institutions that collaborated with Dr. McCabe to conduct assessments.
When he retired, Dr. McCabe, charged the International Center for Academic Integrity, the organization he helped to found, with continuing his research project. To that end and with the legacy of Dr. McCabe, who died in 2016, in mind, a group of scholars and practitioners led by ICAI President Emeritus David Rettinger was formed to revise and reimagine the McCabe survey.
The group was charged with updating the survey to ensure that the data collected is useful for both scholars for research and institutions for assessment. Revisions were made in consultation with the literature, leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of academic integrity and institutional assessment. Beyond this core group, ICAI members from diverse institutions around the world have participated in revising both the student and faculty surveys, and in providing valuable feedback. We appreciate their efforts.
McCabe Student Survey
The Team
- Professor Eric Anderman, The Ohio State University, College of Education & Human Ecology
- Tricia Bertram Gallant, UC San Diego, Director, Academic Integrity Office
- Melissa McTernan, Boston College, Research Statistician
- Darragh McNally, University of Maryland Global Campus, Department of Academic Quality
- Professor David Rettinger, University of Tulsa, Psychology Department
- Professor Jason Stephens, University of Auckland, Faculty of Education and Social Work
- Professor Holly Tatum, Randolph College, Psychological Science
- Andrew Perry, The Ohio State University, Post-Doctoral Scholar
The Instrument
Using McCabe’s original study as a basis, the research team created an instrument with twin goals: first, the measures contained there are validated, reliable, and available to scholars for research within the field. Second, the data collected will be useful as an assessment tool for individual institutions and for policymakers at the state and national levels.
This survey is designed to assess students’ academic integrity behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs. It includes: a detailed inventory of academic misconduct behavior; a scale assessing students’ perspectives of their campus’ climate of integrity including policies, faculty behavior, and the overall atmosphere; measures of attitudes toward school and academic dishonesty that have emerged from the literature; and demographics.
Following a validation study in 2020, institutions were invited to participate in administering the final instrument in 2021. A national survey was conducted, creating a benchmark for both national assessments and the opportunity for each institution to compare itself to the national sample and relevant groups of peer institutions. These data are securely stored for future use by institutions as part of their longitudinal assessments of academic integrity.
Use the form below to help us connect with a college or university that might be interested in conducting the McCabe-ICAI Academic Integrity Student Survey.
McCabe Faculty Survey
The Team
- Courtney Cullen, Georgia Tech; Academic Assessment Manager
- Vanessa Earp, Kent State University; Assistant Professor
- Ori Fienberg, Northeastern University; Associate Director, Academic Integrity
- Daniela Gallego-Salazar, Universidad Tec de Monterrey; Ethics and Management Director (BOD)
- Greer Murphy, UC Santa Cruz; Director, Academic Integrity (BOD)
- Andrew Perry, The Ohio State University; Post-Doctoral Scholar
- Alexis Ramsey-Tobienne, Eckerd College, Associate Professor of Rhetoric
- Cheryle Snead-Greene, Prairie View A&M University; Assistant Provost (BOD)
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of members of the McCabe-ICAI Faculty Survey team (listed above), as well as those who helped provide crucial feedback along the way: Dr. Tricia Bertram-Gallant (UC San Diego), Dr. David Ison (Northcentral University), Dr. Robert Ives (University of Nevada-Reno), Dr. David Rettinger.
The Instrument
Using McCabe’s original study as a basis, the faculty survey team created an instrument with twin goals: first, to make validated and reliable measures available to scholars for research in the field; second, to yield data useful as an assessment tool for practitioners at individual institutions as well as for policymakers at state, national, and international levels.
This survey was designed to assess instructors’ perspectives of academic integrity behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs. It inventories perceived frequency of student academic misconduct behavior; assesses instructors’ perspectives of their campus’ climate of integrity including policies, pedagogical behavior, and overall atmosphere; raises open-ended questions to allow more in-depth response regarding the most pressing needs instructors have in encouraging honest work and upholding integrity in classes they teach; and includes items about disciplinary background, preparation for teaching, teaching experience, and other demographics.
Following a validation pilot in 2022, an international survey was conducted in 2023. Currently, our team is in the process of creating a benchmark study for national and international assessment; eventually, each participating institution will be able to compare itself to the larger sample, relevant groups of peer institutions, and to student data (for institutions that administer both student and faculty surveys). Data will be securely stored for future use by institutions as part of their longitudinal assessments of academic integrity.
Use the form below to help us connect with a college or university that might be interested in conducting the McCabe-ICAI Academic Integrity Faculty Survey.
