ICAI member institutions are invited to participate in the largest student survey of academic integrity in the world.
The survey includes 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 perspectives
Implement the survey on your campus and
- Gain actionable information straight from your students
- Compare your institution with other similar schools
- Set a baseline for evaluating future changes
Learn More about How It Works
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The Team
- Professor Eric Anderman, The Ohio State University, College of Education & Human Ecology
- Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant, UC San Diego, Director, Academic Integrity Office
- Dr. Melissa McTernan, Boston College, Research Statistician
- Dr. Darragh McNally, University of Maryland Global Campus, Department of Academic Quality
- Professor David Rettinger, University of Mary Washington, Psychological Science
- Professor Jason Stephens, University of Auckland, Faculty of Education and Social Work
- Professor Holly Tatum, Randolph College, Psychological Science
- Andrew Perry and Jacqueline von Spiegel, Doctoral Students at The Ohio State University
The Instrument
Using McCabe’s original study as a basis, the research team is creating an instrument with twin goals: first, the measures contained there will be validated, reliable, and available to scholars for research within the field. Second, the data we collect 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 will include: 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 have been invited to participate in administering the final instrument during 2021. A national survey will be 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 will also be securely stored for future use by institutions as part of their longitudinal assessments of academic integrity.